.dll's in my documents

Lately there seem to be a ton of files in my documents that have .dll I guess I don't really care if they are ther, I just don't want to see them. what can I do?

 

Really gang, now there are aver 50 of these .dll files in my documents, I did the read and run me 1st, (it took DAYS) but they are still there. can I delete them all?

 

Unusual place for .dll files. Can you find the origin by right-clicking and properties? Also can you list the full filenames of some of them to help us track what they might be associated with? Have you downloaded any .dll files recently?

 

they all have a the same date: 8/18/2003. and they are all "aplication extension". here's an example of one of the properties
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\My Documents
I don't really care if they're there. I just don't want to see them

 

is there a way to hide them?

 

Just hiding them is not the answer. That is akin to burying your head in the sand. First we need to know what they are and if they should be there. They probably shouldn't which is why I want to know the name of them, so we can establish if you have an malware issue or not, which would require additional action.

So...the .dll file has a name before the .dll extension. Please give me some of those names of the ones you see in that folder so we can determine if they are ok.

 

ok, let me run my kid to cheerleading practice, and I'll type them out when I return

 

here are the first few, they all have .dll at the end but I didn't type that.
gdiplus
mfcbr_client
BCGCB58
LMLRes
MFORes
LMUIRes
MFWorkareaRes
MFWorkarea
PrjViewer
mftnview
MediaFaceUI
MFCBID
MP3List
AudioCD
MFPPRes
MFEXPRes
MFExport
MF3DView
BarCodeWixard
ImWizard
ImWisRes
ImWizIB
MFContentList
CommonSkinCtrls
PaperViewer
SPPVRes
MfScWiz
ImgEffectRes
ImgLoaderRes
ImgLoader
ImgEffect
MF2ConvRes
MF2ConvRes
MFExtRes
MFShlExt
MFHookManager
MFGearProHook
MFNeroHook
MFRoxioHook
MFSimpleCDHook
MFCNBPHook
MFHotBurnHook
MFNTIHook

 

I sought advice from another Admin here and they believe these files are from Mediaface 4.0 Do you use that software application or have recently downloaded it? It may be that you downloaded it to the wrong place or accidentally moved it over to My Documents folder.

 

I have used it VERY rarely. I am going to uninstall it. I can always put it back if I want. It is bizarre that those were hidden until recently, well here goes.....

 

If you recently selected the option to hide/unhide certain file types, this would affect .dll's. If you ran the R&R malware removal thread (for example) this could be the case, hence why you are suddenely seeing them.

After you uninstall the application, run a cleaner like CCleaner. Run the Registry cleaner within it too.