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Why does my friend have 164GB in his appdata folder?
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Yeah I know that the main reason is because its Windows, and probably the 2nd reason is a virus, but do you guys know exactly why?
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>>51914558
Porn collection.
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Did you... try opening it and checking it out?
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>>51914594
/Thread
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Its minecraft
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>>51914608
i'm not next to him, he's sending me pictures of it right now and i told him to keep opening the files until he finds the problematic file.

Apparently its 'package properties'
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That's where I put my porn too.
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Windirstat
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>taking a photo of a monitor
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try using TreeSize
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>>51914558
windirstat, noob
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>>51914659
yes ik he's retarded
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in the package folder he found these
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>>51914680
>>51914647
okay i'll tell him to download windirstat
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>>51914647
came to say this.
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so is this shit normal on windows? I honestly thought it was a virus, the kind that fill up your hdd with junk
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>>51914754
I've taken bigger shits than 164 GB. It's not 2002 any more dude
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>>51914754
If you have half a brain you'd realize those files are completely useless and he is a shithead for getting them in the first place.
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>>51914754
>so is this shit normal on windows?

No.
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>>51914811
Botnet isn't a meme
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If anyone was curious, the file that was taking 162GB of data was 'AVG Web Tuner's cache'
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>>51914867
the fuck
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>>51914867
toplel either malware or just regular AV brainfart

antivirus - never again
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PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIEND TO USE FUCKING WINDIRSTAT
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>>51914828
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>>51914714

unsent batches of botnet telemetry

there was probably some error with sending the data to Microsoft and now the pile of unsent telemetry gets bigger and bigger every day
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Holy shit. This happened to me too. It took 94.2gb of storage and it was the AVG Web Tune Up cache.
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>>51914754
let me guess you are a linux or mac fag, therefore you are this clueless.
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>>51914558
Bitcoin blockchain
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