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my hard drive has almost filled up overnight

MJonline
MJonline MyAccount Posts: 3 Security Scout

I read some of the posts on the previous F secure forum website about this problem but am getting stuck.

 

I went to try to use the fsaua-reset.exe and a small screen popped up with the message:

 

Are you sure you want to reset Automatic Update Agent and Server? (Y/N)

 

What do I do here (I hit the 'Y' key and nothing happens)

 

Any posts on here that can help.

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  • MJ-perComp
    MJ-perComp Posts: 669 Firewall Master

    Maybe you should first find out with WHAT your HDD got filled up by before running some cleaning software.

     

    Then what version are you using?

     

    And are you running fsaua-rest with Admin Righs?

     

     

  • MJonline
    MJonline MyAccount Posts: 3 Security Scout

    I ran WinDirStat which reported of an 80GB HD,

     

    56.9% was filled with Program Files

     

    of which

     

    64.5% was F-Secure

     

    of which

     

    94.9% was FSAUA.PM

     

    of which

     

    99.9% was data

     

    of which

     

    100% was db

     

    of which

     

    61.5% was 4320652

     

    and 15.5% was 4320651

     

    there are also in the db folder other about 10 other folder of similar title (eg 4320595) containing files sizes from 116MB to 778MB

     

    What are these db files?

  • Peter
    Peter Posts: 127 Threat Terminator

    Hi,

     

    Are you sure about the folder name? Policy Manager (PM) has a folder FSAUS.PM hosting the "F-Secure Automatic Update Server" but FSAUA.PM does not ring a bell...

    Meaning the workstation has Policy Manager installed. To answer your question, the folders with numbers in their names contain different databases as downloaded by PM and provided to connecting hosts running our products like Client Security.

     

    F-Secure folder now uses about 29 Gb which is not to be expected.

    Should you be running Policy Manager on the system?

  • Jayson
    Jayson Posts: 106 Firewall Master

    Hi MJonline,

     

    Please provide us the following informations:

    1. Which Windows OS you have?

    2. Which F-Secure Program you have? Internet Security/Client Security/Policy Manager & etc?

     

    Best Regards,

    Jayson

     

    F-Secure Community Moderator

  • MJonline
    MJonline MyAccount Posts: 3 Security Scout

    F-Secure Anti Virus for Windows Serves 8.01 build 207

     

    Windows XP

  • MJ-perComp
    MJ-perComp Posts: 669 Firewall Master

    @MJonline wrote:

    F-Secure Anti Virus for Windows Serves 8.01 build 207

     

    Windows XP



    This is not possible!

     

    on an XP you do not have AV for Servers and with AV for Servers you do not have FSAUS.PM.

     

    So I expect that you have a Windows Server with F-Secure Policy Manager and F-Secure Anti-Virus installed

    Please post a screenshot from "software" to confirm.

     

    If you have Policy Manager installed, which version?

    If Version 9 then install the Hotfix or even better upgrade to PM10!

     

    Finally a value of 7 to 15GB just for the db-folder is normal. currently the largest folders I have is at 385 MB (...\db\yyyyyyy\xx) but the numbers are constanly raising and I expect the value to reach 500 MB by end of 2011.

     

    The total size depends on the number of updates F-Secure sent out in the last 7 days!

     

    What exact size is your db folder?

    Does it still increase?

     

    BR

     

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