Why has my Adobe PCD cache.db file size started growing suddenly

I am running CS4 Design Premium on an iMac which had OS X 10.6.2 until the 29th and now has 10.6.3.
On 19th March my Adobe PCD cache.db file size was just over 100Mb. Since then it has grown steadily until it is now over 19Gb in size.
Can anyone explain to me why it should suddenly have started growing please? During this time I have really only run Acrobat Pro; however I have had a lot of browser (Safari and FF) hangs/crashes due to Flash plugin issues.
I understand the cache.db also holds licence information so is it safe to delete this file? If so will I need to reenter my license information?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Phill

I have the same problem.
My pcd.db file is now 56 GB
What is going on !?!?!?
Sikem

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