unknowen extention taken up hard drive

[OdenReich]

I went to install a program and got a notice that I was low on space. Went to my C: and discovered an unknowen extention taking up 203G, this extention "*.pmb" is not used by any of the programs I have installed. I have scanned using Malwarebytes, Combofix and ESET. Any idea what caused this and how to fix it? I am afraid to just delete it.

[synaesthesia]

Photoshop file.

[featured_spectre]

203GB for a photoshop file? I'd hate to open that...mine freezes after about 1GB or so!

[OdenReich]

This is weird, I don't have photoshop and it is a huge file.

[GBMicros]

Hi OdenReich, first post so hope this helps.

 

Doing a Google search for .pmb file extension it's not conclusive what it is.

 

What you can try is create a folder on the C: drive and move the file into it. If you then find a program doesn't work you know what the file is for.

 

Or if you don't want to delete it, cut it to an external device to store for a while. Yes it may take a while but you still have the file should you need it.

 

Thanks

GBMicros

[OdenReich]

Thank you, I will try that and let everyone know if it worked.

[OdenReich]

I discovered that procmon was running and had bootlog enable. I shut that off and was able to delete the file. Thanks for helping getting this issue fixed!

[GBMicros]

Great, glad you got it sorted.