Windows 10: Continued & unexplained GB loss. Urgent request for next course of action.

Discus and support Continued & unexplained GB loss. Urgent request for next course of action. in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; This is the third time I'm here, asking the Community for aid with this issue. So to try and summarise: I came across booby-trapped files from what I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by Daniel Wittman, Aug 20, 2024.

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    Continued & unexplained GB loss. Urgent request for next course of action.


    This is the third time I'm here, asking the Community for aid with this issue. So to try and summarise: I came across booby-trapped files from what I thought was legitimate site back in mid-March but within days I noticed the effects. Rapid GB loss despite downloaded files not matching that number e.g. 550 MB file downloaded but 6-7 GB being lost within a 48 hour period, escalating to the point that speed dropped. I moved to correct this; deleted large old files before finally deleting the files associated with the site. For a time it seemed to have removed the issue. Keywords here are, "it

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Continued & unexplained GB loss. Urgent request for next course of action.

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