Are these files virus? Can I delete them?

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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

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Re: 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" <yinbox@discuss ion.misrosoft.c omwrote 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 M.]

Re: 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" <yinbox@discuss ion.misrosoft.c omwrote in message
news:DA5D0025-A3E3-4CE4-B312-BC015405686C@mi crosoft.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 C]

Re: Are these files virus? Can I delete them?

"Scott M." <smar@nospam.no spamwrote 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 M.]

Re: 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" <mike@nospam.co mwrote in message
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"Scott M." <smar@nospam.no spamwrote 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.
>