Error files in db1\sysman\recv\errors

Windows 2003 SP1 ORACLE 10.2.0.3
There are a lot of error files being generated in \sysman\recv\errors for every database on the server. How can I stop this? It is bieng generated every minute. Can someone help?
Regards

The error is under db1\taldorcl1.*******_DDEMO\sysman\recv\errors. When the DBCONSOLE service is stopped, the errors are not generated. There is no user code running on the database. After the DBCONSOLE service is restarted, the errors start appearing.
Please help!

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