[Solved] Delete Old Microsoft Antimalware Scan And Backup Files

Delete Old Microsoft Antimalware Scan And Backup Files

I am running Windows 7 64bit and have started to notice that the space being used by Microsoft Security Essentials in the c:\
ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware folder was in the 3Gb range!  The offending files seem to be the mpcache files in the 'Scans' folder and old update files in the 'Definition Updates' folder.
 
I tried to find a setting in the options panel for Microsoft Security Essentials to limit the size of the files or some type of date time limit on storing the files, but there does not seem to be any option.  I also looked for some option in the Group Policy
Editor and there did not seem to be anything.
 
When Microsoft Security Essentials is first installed and ran for a while, the space these folders use on the hard drive are no big deal.  But, as time goes by (like a year or two), the folder size just keeps getting bigger and bigger and needs to be brought
back in control some how.
 
Any ideas out there?
 
Thanks.

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