i am loosing hard drive space daily

[GOLFNUT]

i have an ibook g4--running mac os 10.4.8--1 gb of memory--i am using daily cleaning programs to look after the hd --macaroni, internet cleanup, mac janitor--shut down the computer at night to allow regular maintenance on start up--still loose about .02 gb per day--i use safari , netscape , & firefox depending on the site visited for ease of use--all cookie files & histories are clean.

any idea what is up & if there is a way to stop this & to prevent it from occuring in future.

thanks------------------------------------mike.

 

[Flying Meat]

Are you the only user on the machine?
Do you have any peer to peer software installed?
Change your password to a strong password recently?
Wacky and potentially unnecessary services running? (web server, databases, email databases,..)

Odds are pretty good that if you're the only user account on the computer that the increase is limited to your home folder. Other possible places to look are Spotlight and safe sleep...