What do these folders in C: Drive mean?

Question

I was looking in my C: to find program files and I see about 20 or so folders I have never seen before.
They are files that are similiar to this:
Example: 0cd132c698b9ga1f8ad42a5fd2
The folder contains a text document which contains alot of rubbish and I see my name appear once or twice,
What does this mean? Is it a virus?
I share a router with my room mate and I am wireless and they are wired. Does this have anything to do with it?

Answer 1

Everytime your windows gets updated it creates temporary files and regular files on your hard drive. The files and folders left over with those wierd numbers with text documents, are usually deleted automatically but alot of the time its not. So its safe to delete them.

It doesnt take up space as much but it just adds more folders which can get annoying to some. I dont delete them.

Answer 2

A lot of times those are folders\files generated by installing an update off of Windows Update. You user account name would be in those files.

Answer 3

Those folders are left from registry backups that some programs do and when windows makes those System Restore Backups. You can clear everything but the most recent one using System restore(i think?).

Answer 4

Those folders are remnants of previous updates performed by your OS (most likely windows).

So don't worry, they're not viruses or anything. Just let them there, you never know when your system could use them.

Answer 5

Heres some instructions which will help you comprehend a thank you to apply the instructions line dir - reflects a itemizing of folders and information interior the present itemizing cd - replace itemizing, use this with the itemizing you prefer to alter to, as an occasion while interior the C:/ itemizing you need to use 'cd application information' to grow to be this equipment information itemizing. to alter to the C itemizing form cd C:/ and hit enter. cd .. - this might take you down one itemizing, ie in case you're in application information itemizing and form cd .. you will return to the C:/ itemizing. additionally a reachable characteristic is the tab of completion, in case you open a terminal and cd to the C:/ itemizing you are able to then form cd Pr and hit tab, it is going to alter the line to cd "application information" and in case you hit enter will take you the place you prefer to bypass. in case you press the up and down arrows you will conflict via a historic previous of the instructions you have typed, so which you dont ought to shop typing long instructions many times

Answer 6

Those are likely not virus, just a "temp" temporary files that Windows litter around as it is running.

Answer 7

They come from various Windows Updates. You can typically safely delete them.