Are these files virus? Can I delete them?

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Alex

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
 
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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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.
 
Scott M. said:
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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I have virus software yet I still wonder if things are virus's. Possibly
they haven't been identified yet.
 
Why don't you have your software set to check for updates to your virus
definition files hourly?
 
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