Are these files virus? Can I delete them?  
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alcatraz





PostPosted: Tue Feb 12 18:54:24 CST 2008 Top

Dotnet >> Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Ther are tons of files in the WINDOWS foler of my Winsow XP. They all look
similar. For Example:
KB308304
KB009800
KB476855
...
or something like:
Q123344
Q574485
Q955848
...
What are they? Are they continue to grow in numbers ? How can my PC handle
this if you they continue growing? Can I delete them? Are they Virus?
Some body help me. Thank you
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Alex

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Cowboy





PostPosted: Tue Feb 12 18:54:24 CST 2008 Top

Dotnet >> Are these files virus? Can I delete them? They are updates (at least the KB versions). As long as you are not going to
uninstall Microsoft updates, you can delete them without issue.

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"Alex" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> Ther are tons of files in the WINDOWS foler of my Winsow XP. They all
> look
> similar. For Example:
> KB308304
> KB009800
> KB476855
> ...
> or something like:
> Q123344
> Q574485
> Q955848
> ...
> What are they? Are they continue to grow in numbers ? How can my PC handle
> this if you they continue growing? Can I delete them? Are they Virus?
> Some body help me. Thank you
> --
> Alex


 
 
Scott





PostPosted: Tue Feb 12 19:26:16 CST 2008 Top

Dotnet >> Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Your question implies that you don't have anti-virus software on your system
(if you did, you wouldn't have to ask if they were viruses), which in
today's day and age is not a good decision.


"Alex" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> Ther are tons of files in the WINDOWS foler of my Winsow XP. They all
> look
> similar. For Example:
> KB308304
> KB009800
> KB476855
> ...
> or something like:
> Q123344
> Q574485
> Q955848
> ...
> What are they? Are they continue to grow in numbers ? How can my PC handle
> this if you they continue growing? Can I delete them? Are they Virus?
> Some body help me. Thank you
> --
> Alex


 
 
Michael





PostPosted: Wed Feb 13 00:03:35 CST 2008 Top

Dotnet >> Are these files virus? Can I delete them? "Scott M." <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> Your question implies that you don't have anti-virus software on your
> system (if you did, you wouldn't have to ask if they were viruses), which
> in today's day and age is not a good decision.

I have virus software yet I still wonder if things are virus's. Possibly
they haven't been identified yet.


 
 
Scott





PostPosted: Wed Feb 13 16:50:02 CST 2008 Top

Dotnet >> Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Why don't you have your software set to check for updates to your virus
definition files hourly?


"Michael C" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
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> "Scott M." <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> Your question implies that you don't have anti-virus software on your
>> system (if you did, you wouldn't have to ask if they were viruses), which
>> in today's day and age is not a good decision.
>
> I have virus software yet I still wonder if things are virus's. Possibly
> they haven't been identified yet.
>