{"id":4121,"date":"2026-06-08T18:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&p=4121"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:01:29","slug":"size-of-the-hive-db-file-under-the-hiveroot-folder-is-large-and-keeps-growing-on-the-windows-endpoint-client","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/support-articles\/size-of-the-hive-db-file-under-the-hiveroot-folder-is-large-and-keeps-growing-on-the-windows-endpoint-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Size of the hive.db file under the HiveRoot folder is large and keeps growing on the Windows endpoint client"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue:<\/h3>\n

The hive.db file under\u00a0C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Roaming\\f-secure\\HiveRoot -folder is growing. Can it be deleted?<\/p>\n

Resolution:<\/h3>\n

The hive.db file under C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Roaming\\f-secure\\HiveRoot <\/em>is the cache of our scanning engine for clean files.<\/p>\n

The file can be safely deleted, but the F-Secure service needs to be disabled first. Steps as follow:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Open the command prompt window in elevated mode<\/li>\n
  2. Run the command, "net stop fsulhoster" to stop F-Secure Ultralight Hoster service<\/li>\n
  3. Delete the hive.db file<\/li>\n
  4. Start back the service with the command "net start fsulhoster"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    New hive.db will be repopulated when services are started again.<\/p>\n

    Note: <\/strong>If Tamper Protection is enabled, you may need to temporarily disable Tamper Protection before attempting to stop the F-Secure services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    hive.db keep growing in size<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[104],"class_list":["post-4121","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000014518","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 15:01:29","import_hash":"6bec51a4f81f691f5ca86af9f530a1363f535cd1","vanilla_article_id":31473,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/31473-size-of-the-hive-db-file-under-the-hiveroot-folder-is-large-and-keeps-growing-on-the-windows-endpoint-client","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":106,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}