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Posted May 25, 2016
I downloaded a zip file, from a not so trustworthy website (what I mean by that, is that it's not a secure place, it's not like GOG, where all files are 100% virus-free).
When I tried to extract the file, it said there wasn't enough space, a window from 7-zip said.
When I checked, my drive C had zero kb available, but I'm sure I had much more than 1 kb available, before.
Can the file I downloaded have infected my computer (Windows 10, 64 bits), and what should I do to restore space?

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."
Post edited September 25, 2016 by almabrds
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Posted May 25, 2016
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What antivirus are you running?
Posted May 25, 2016
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Alaric.us: What antivirus are you running?
Avast.
And Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Both free editions (I tried a paid AV* a few months ago, but I didn't have a good experience).

* Bitdefender 2016.

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."
Post edited September 25, 2016 by almabrds
Posted May 25, 2016
Clean up %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp a bit then check with Space Sniffer what took your disk space.
Could be windows itself..
Posted May 25, 2016
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Alaric.us: What antivirus are you running?
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almabrds: Avast.
And Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Both free editions (I tried a paid AV* a few months ago, but I didn't have a good experience).

* Bitdefender 2016.
far out, you have the same setup I have.

I download porn all day and I've never had a whiff of anything so those do work.
Posted May 25, 2016
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mike_cesara: Clean up %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp a bit then check with Space Sniffer what took your disk space.
Could be windows itself..
Hey mike, long time no see, how are you?
I'll try that. Thanks!

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."
Post edited September 25, 2016 by almabrds
Posted May 25, 2016
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Avast! should be good.

Hit the Windows key on the keyboard and when the Start menu pops up start typing "clea" this will show you the "Disk Cleanup" utility that comes shipped with Windows. Click on it and have it do a pass. See if you have any space left after that. If it fills up immediately again, then you have a problem with some software that's not Windows. Whether it's malicious or not is to be determined.
Posted May 25, 2016
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Are you using Galaxy? There was a thread recently about a log file of it, or something along these lines, growing and growing, and chewing up space. If this related to you, the download/unzipping of this file might just have been a coincidence.
Posted May 25, 2016
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mike_cesara: Clean up %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp a bit then check with Space Sniffer what took your disk space.
Could be windows itself..
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almabrds: Hey mike, long time no see, how are you?
I'll try that. Thanks!
Can't complain, thanks for asking : ) How about you?

On a side note, I wouldn't trust avast even a bit. I've seen many times this software happy announcing your computer is safe on an infected computers..
Avira if you ask me..
Posted May 25, 2016
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almabrds: Avast.
And Malwarebytes Anti-Malware.
Both free editions (I tried a paid AV* a few months ago, but I didn't have a good experience).

* Bitdefender 2016.
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tinyE: far out, you have the same setup I have.

I download porn all day and I've never had a whiff of anything so those do work.
Are you sure your nose is working correctly? Difficult to have a whiff if it's not...
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mike_cesara: I wouldn't trust avast even a bit. I've seen many times this software happy announcing your computer is safe on an infected computers..
Avira if you ask me..
No antivirus is 100% safe. Avast! is generally good about preventing viruses from getting onto a computer, but if you install it on an already infected machine, it won't do much good so far as cleaning it up.
Post edited May 25, 2016 by Alaric.us
Posted May 25, 2016
I wouldn't think extracting a zip file it itself would install a virus.

unless the file is named something like clickme.zip.exe
Posted May 25, 2016
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almabrds: ... When I checked, my drive C had zero kb available, but I'm sure I had much more than 1 kb available, before. ...
1 kb, that should have been plenty ;-P
Joking aside, CCleaner is a neat tool for cleaning your drive and get rid of temporary files, cached browser data etc.
There is a portable version that you won't have to install on C: (which is apparently full). Extract it somewhere else instead and run it from there.
Post edited May 25, 2016 by DeMignon
Posted May 25, 2016
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KasperHviid: I wouldn't think extracting a zip file it itself would install a virus.

unless the file is named something like clickme.zip.exe
wrong guess :p

didn't read the news a few days ago?

http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/vulnerabilities-and-exploits/major-security-flaws-found-in-7-zip

Security researchers Marcin Noga and Jaeson Schultz revealed vulnerabilities in 7-Zip that can put software products and devices bundled with the popular file compression utility at risk.
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The vulnerabilities are dangerous in that attackers can design 7-Zip archives for spear phishing campaigns, which can allow the 7-Zip file decompression process to execute malicious codes. It can also be particularly worrisome as some programs and products come integrated with 7-Zip as library code and are set to automatically receive and decompress the files.
Though I would still check first if it isn't just the GOG Galaxy bug, that is eating up the harddisk space
Post edited May 25, 2016 by immi101
Posted May 25, 2016
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almabrds: I downloaded a zip file, from a not so trustworthy website (what I mean by that, is that it's not a secure place, it's not like GOG, where all files are 100% virus-free).
When I tried to extract the file, it said there wasn't enough space, a window from 7-zip said.
When I checked, my drive C had zero kb available, but I'm sure I had much more than 1 kb available, before.
Can the file I downloaded have infected my computer (Windows 10, 64 bits), and what should I do to restore space?
if you need space just push the delete button frequently on random folders, or just delete everything :P
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