Yes, I'm still here

[muckefuck]

I meant to go to the local CAPS (community policing) meeting tonight, but I had a virus scare on my work PC shortly before quitting time. Over an hour and the virus scan still isn't finished. Can anyone tell me why I have 1,754,309 "Temporary Internet Files"? Some of them are apparently associated with pages I haven't visited in over a year, so I'm wondering what meaning of "temporary" Microsoft has in mind. Will anything bad happen if I delete them? How do I do that? I can't even find the folder they're in!

Ugh. I so totally deserve a big greasy burger at Big Chicks tonight! (It was meant to be a reward for my civic-mindedness, but I think this should as well.)

Comments

[cpratt.livejournal.com]

It's entirely up to you to decide how temporary you want those files to be. In IE, select Tools | Internet Options and click on the Settings button. To speed up the virus scan, you could just delete the temporary files before you begin the scan...

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

In theory, maybe. I just did this and ran the scan again and all the same old names are popping up! I guess "Delete" in this context just means "Don't show me the names when I view the folder."