A text document? What is it called?
The only legitimate thing I can think of atm is that it is a log file for something, usually of this size it will be for an antivirus program. Generally they don't bloat like that though, apart from Symantec (damn you!).
Also, where is it located?
Obviously disregard all of this if it is flagged up by the antivir scans and removed
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Hi lon0
Having run malwarebytes as suggested by DarkSable, it identified 37 items, which have now been deleted but there was not enough room in the C Drive to run the Microsoft Security Essentials!
I am beginning to think this file is definitely the problem and deleting it will fix everything ... as long as it does not create new ones because I do not really understand what it is and why it is so large. I am loathe to open it just yet in case it is a can of worms!! Checking the Properties though shows it was originally created in December 2011 so may have been filling up for some time and it is only as the C Disk has become full that its presence has become apparent.
I like your suggestion that it is something to do with an anti-virus because I have wondered if it is AVG, which I've now deleted.
The document is in C: Documents and Settings_Owner-1_Local Settings_Temp and is called toolbar-log. It is 25.3 GB!!!!!!!!!!
Help! Only 225MB left in C-Drive!
Thank you for your input. I guess I am hoping now that someone can just tell me it is okay to delete it![/quotemsg]
Yep, looks like it is a log file from AVG, found someone else who had a similar problem as you here:
http://forums.avg.com/ww-en/avg-forums?sec=thread&act=show&id=185248
It looks like you are safe to delete it, if it won't allow it then use malwarebytes tools 'file assassin'.
If you have removed AVG and it is recreated then run Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes again.