astrom3335
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I am noob and have a question. I have noticed that a random .log file will appear in my C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WebCache folder. The file usually has a name similar to V10009C.log. When this file first appeared I opened it with notepad and it was a bunch of jibberish (i.e. REDIRECTURL € À€€ ), but within all that gibberish I was able to note that it was showing files I had recently accessed (i.e., V i s i t e d : "username"@ f i l e : / / / C : / W i n d o w s / S y s t e m / N e w % 2 0 f o l d e r/filename.extension).
I was able to "securely" delete the file. However, a few days later I noticed a new file appeared with a similar name. When I looked through that file it seemed to have all the previous information from the previous file I deleted and information on files I had accessed since deleting the old file.
Any idea what this file is and how it keeps adding information of files accessed? I really do not want to have this file reach some absurd file size as it seems to be retaining/recovering information even after deletion.
Also, there is a file in the same folder called WebCacheV01.dat that has grown to 33 mb. Can't see its contents and I can't delete it.
Thanks for all of your help.
I was able to "securely" delete the file. However, a few days later I noticed a new file appeared with a similar name. When I looked through that file it seemed to have all the previous information from the previous file I deleted and information on files I had accessed since deleting the old file.
Any idea what this file is and how it keeps adding information of files accessed? I really do not want to have this file reach some absurd file size as it seems to be retaining/recovering information even after deletion.
Also, there is a file in the same folder called WebCacheV01.dat that has grown to 33 mb. Can't see its contents and I can't delete it.
Thanks for all of your help.
My Computer
System One
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- windows 8