2006-11-28 13:41:39 · 5 answers · asked by abc 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
No it's your paging file. It's a part of the virtual memory system of Windows. Don't delete it , it's normal.
You can adjust the size in
Right Click My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced -> Performance Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual Memory.
2006-11-28 13:48:31 · answer #1 · answered by Simon E 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hello
The pagefile sys file is a virtual memory file needed by Windows. It can cause a lot of problems if not configured correctly.
Here is a very clear page regarding the optimization of this file and how to safely and intelligently configure it. This information is too complicated to include here in Yahoo Answers. Take a look:
http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm
;-D You can make your pc run better but you must be careful.
2006-11-28 22:05:38 · answer #2 · answered by China Jon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its not a virus. It is the page file, also known as virtual memory or a swap file. What it does is when you physical RAM is full it will start to use the hard drive like RAM.
Using the hard drive as RAM is much slower, but you don't need as much physical RAM. But I recommend physical RAM over using the page file. If your computer seems to be using the hard drive a lot, a RAM upgrade will help because the computer is accessing the drive to get to the page file.
2006-11-28 21:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan A 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is your swap file for you os this is a area that when the memory gets ful the os makes temp files to acomidate for the low memory.
2006-11-28 21:47:07 · answer #4 · answered by richardsoncbc 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I is not virus. But to safeguard your PC again viruses and spywares, you insatll a standard antivirus soft ware such as Norton, AVG , Avast ( free antivirus software and Ad-aware, Ewido ( free spyware removers). You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-12-01 18:29:37 · answer #5 · answered by BU1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋