question about microsoft visual c + + ?

hello i was doing some "cleaning" and stumbled across Microsoft visual c + + 2008 redistributable - x6 9.0.21022 .....the thing that concerned me was the amount of space it uses 4,052.00 mb....honestly i am not even sure what this program does , but it seems kinda odd when basically every other program uses under 300 mb . i also have another program Microsoft visual c + + 2008 redistributable - x6 9.0.30729.17 that uses 10.28 mb.....and a Microsoft visual c + + 2008 ATL UPDATE KB973924 - X6 9.0.30729.4148......in addition there are 2 programs Microsoft visual c + + 2005 redistributable (both about 5.25 mb) and 1 update....sorry if this is confusing but does it appear something here is wrong? is it safe to remove? are both the 2005 and 2008 necessary? like i said i'n mot even sure what this program does , but any help would be very much appreciated!! :confused

thanks ,
gatorrich

 

if it helps , i am running windows xp , thanks!

 

thank you for your help! i would never just "uninstall" any program without knowing what it was , i was just very suspect to why the size was so significantly higher than all other programs? seemed kinda fishy.......thanks again for your help , i will use the cleaner u mentioned.

 

Microsoft visual c + + 2008 redistributable is not part of windows xp home.
they are files added when you installed a program (for me it was nero 10 for vista)
I belive it is a part of a back door trojin added to a bit torrent for nero 10 added with it was net 3.5 which is also not nessessary for windows xp home.


I state home because im on my laptop my desk top moniter is down and i cant check for pro.

 

i am running xp home......i'm still very baffled at how this program can be over 4000mb in size when all those others are under 11mb.....very confused!!!:confused

 

redistributable is files from the net c++ 2008 that come with the software development. these files are refranced from a software package which was installed on your computer and were included with the install of a piticular program. such as office 2010 which is large program in itself.

vista is developed in visualbasic.net and C++ as a studio package and this software is more then likly developed in vista and is dependent on the redistributed newer development language libaries of net and C++ and therefor inorder for the program to work the installer needs to gave the libaries available to them and are installed with them if nessessary.

windows xp was not developed in net.

if you have downloded torrent files it is possable the c++ libaries installed on your xp computer are addition files added to the software to create a backdoor utility (trojin) to access your computers information without your knowledge.

If you are having issues with windows update and not updating certain files or stating they were updated but returning to update and they redownload then you should clean boot and not install the programs using these files.

 

As you state you are runing windows 7

windows xp however was developed before .net

my personal copy clean booted and updated by microsoft update does not contain any 3.5 net or c++ 2008 at all .

the posibility of downloading a package with hacker where redistributed DLL dependencies for newly developed operating system libaries is notable for the very reason mention above.

in addition upgrading to vista or windows 7 allows the structure[Trojin] to be hidden while not having the dll's and needing the redistributed versions of the packages and the unability for microsoft update to reconise the package properly and creating errors effectivly highlights the pential for this isuuse to be a Trojin.

 

upgrading or running the operating system a trojin was developed in such as .net or C ++ which when installed requies system dll's from the upgraded os [vista, win 7] the files exsist and there is no need to use a redistributed package from another sorce aka MSI.installer.dependencies. {Hidden}

While installing the same[trojin] in an OS[winxp] which requires dependicies [files] from an upgraded os [vista / win 7] that do not exist and having the dependent files installed through the MSI.installer.{not as hidden}

Windows update rasies a flag when it seems to update yet continues to update the same files without understanding that they have been updated.{There is somthing afoot}

Additionaly, researching this error raises another in that windows can not find the cab file to update the files in the correct loction.{another thing afoot}

aka runing on a machine microsoft update thinks is vista and is winxp.

does not nessessarly mean it is a trojin
mearly rasies a flag
by stating the obivios method of entry aka Torrent , PTPfile share download and installation and the fact windows xp home is not required to use redistributed file C++ 2008 or .net 3.5
a potential problem could be if the Torrent or PTP transaction had taken place. [Nero 10 being just one of many potential possabilities]

In my case using win xp clean boot and having the issue raised identified the lack of attention from a new hacker to backword compatability.

 

i should additionaly point out a brief discription in my case of the files needing to be udated were remote access and vunerability to it
assumeing windows was not able to overwrigth the files because it was in use. {the flag}

 

here is the print screen:


http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa55/gatorrich/screenshot1222.jpg