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Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Alex
2/12/2008 4:40:01 PM
dotnet general: 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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Re: Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)
2/12/2008 6:54:24 PM
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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Re: Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Scott M.
2/12/2008 8:26:16 PM
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.


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Re: Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Michael C
2/13/2008 5:03:35 PM
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I have virus software yet I still wonder if things are virus's. Possibly
they haven't been identified yet.

Re: Are these files virus? Can I delete them? Scott M.
2/13/2008 5:50:02 PM
Why don't you have your software set to check for updates to your virus
definition files hourly?


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