How to delete all content.IE5 files?

[Jeff Strouse]

I have Windows 7 64 Bit OS.

I've been running Malwarebytes for the last hour, and at least 45 minutes of it has been dedicated to various hidden folders under "Content.IE5".

This folder shows up under various locations. Here are some examples:

C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internetfiles\content.IE5

C:\windows\syswow64\etc...

There are also others (content.IE5 seems to have a folder in different locations).

I delete my temporary internet files (or so I thought) regularly via CC Cleaner and under Internet Options. But this IE5 folder appears to be hidden, and unaccesible. I've tried to type that line directly into windows, but that folder doesn't show up. I've even unchecked the hidden folder boxes in the control panel, but that folder still doesn't show.

From what I can tell from internet posts, content.IE5 is garbage. But it won't seem to delete, and is quite hard to find.

Does anyone know how to delete all the content.IE5 garbage, in its various locations, in Windows 7 64 bit?

Thanks!

[Jack Stoner]

IE5? That went out years ago. If you have Windows 7 you have at least I.E.8 and should be using I.E.9.

Did you upgrade an old PC and OS to Windows 7? that may be why you still have the I.E.5 data?

More info is needed.

[Jeff Strouse]

Hi Jack -

It's a new PC (Oct 2012). I had it built and bought Windows 7 Pro for it.

I started with IE9, but then upgraded to IE10 in January. I've had no problems with it until now.

(IE9 kept crashing, and I got a lot of blue screen physical memory dump errors. After updating to IE10, it didn't crash anymore, and I've only gotten a couple of the blue screen physical memory dump errors).

So, content.IE5 is referring to files related the outdated browser version of IE?

This is strange!

[Jack Stoner]

Apparently the "IE5" doesn't really relate to Internet Explorer V5 as I originally thought.

Here is a procedure to delete the files from fprot:
http://www.f-prot.com/support/windows/f ... q/122.html

On your other post about I.E 10. If you are getting blue screens I doubt that I.E.10 or I.E.9 is causing that. It sounds more like a memory (RAM) problem (most likely problem).

Here is a memory test program:
http://www.memtest.org/

Robert notes the built in Windows 7 memory test diagnostic. The Windows 7 forum guru's recommend a 3rd party memory diagnostic and the reason I suggested what I did.

[Robert Leaman]

Win 7 Pro has a memory test available so you don't need to download anything. From the Desktop, press Start and then Help And Support. In the search window for Help, type memory test, and press Enter. You will see the exact steps necessary to run a memory test.