Are these files safe???

Discussion in 'Malware Help (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by theprofessor, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. theprofessor

    theprofessor Private E-2

    I dont know how accurate Sophos is, but I got a few files I dont even know what they are.


    Area: Windows registry
    Description: Hidden registry value
    Location: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\WindowsUpdate\Auto Update\OfflineDetectionPending
    Removable: No
    Notes: DWORD 0x1 = 1

    C:\Documents and Settings\LW\Local Settings\Temp\$5F323BF6.t$m

    C:\Documents and Settings\LW\Local Settings\Temp\$3EF60822.t$m

    C:\Documents and Settings\LW\Local Settings\Temp\$5991409D.t$m

    C:\Documents and Settings\LW\Local Settings\Temp\$13E94080.t$m

    C:\Documents and Settings\LW\Local Settings\Temp\$5DB233EA.t$m

    C:\Documents and Settings\LW\Local Settings\Temp\$6AD45A9F.t$m
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    The first is your auto updater service for Windows......the rest are temp files that can be safely removed.
     

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