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Most of the time this is an indication of file corruption that could be caused by a hard drive with bad sectors or by malware infection.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Most of the time this is an indication of file corruption that could be caused by a hard drive with bad sectors or by malware infection. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” Hi Rick thanks for your answer. The files are all 20 bytes and contain the same text : [KeyList] Count=0 Does that mean something to you ?

Most of the time this is an indication of file corruption that could be caused by a hard drive with bad sectors or by malware infection.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Most of the time this is an indication of file corruption that could be caused by a hard drive with bad sectors or by malware infection. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” Hi Rick thanks for your answer. The files are all 20 bytes and contain the same text : [KeyList] Count=0 Does that mean something to you ?

Hi, It’s abnormal to write file in system folder, try to perform a full scan for your system: Microsoft Safety Scanner - Antivirus | Remove Spyware, Malware, Viruses Free Alex Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, It’s abnormal to write file in system folder, try to perform a full scan for your system: Microsoft Safety Scanner - Antivirus | Remove Spyware, Malware, Viruses Free Alex Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Hi Alex, thanks for your answer. I have ran a full scan with: Microsoft Safety Scanner Microsoft Security Essentials Malicious Software Removal Tool (=Microsoft Safety Scanner?) Non of them reported an infection. I have deleted the "strange files" and ran the same scans again. No infections reported. Until now the "strange" files did not reappear. I wonder where they came from.

Hi, It’s abnormal to write file in system folder, try to perform a full scan for your system: Microsoft Safety Scanner - Antivirus | Remove Spyware, Malware, Viruses Free Alex Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Hi Alex, thanks for your answer. I have ran a full scan with: Microsoft Safety Scanner Microsoft Security Essentials Malicious Software Removal Tool (=Microsoft Safety Scanner?) Non of them reported an infection. I have deleted the "strange files" and ran the same scans again. No infections reported. Until now the "strange" files did not reappear. I wonder where they came from.

Hi, It’s abnormal to write file in system folder, try to perform a full scan for your system: Microsoft Safety Scanner - Antivirus | Remove Spyware, Malware, Viruses Free Alex Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Generally, Windows would not write such files in system folder, I suspect the culprit is certain third-party software or virus infection. If you get this issue next time, you should notice what you have done at such time. This would narrow down the root cause. Alex Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, Generally, Windows would not write such files in system folder, I suspect the culprit is certain third-party software or virus infection. If you get this issue next time, you should notice what you have done at such time. This would narrow down the root cause. Alex Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

These files appears after installing Windows Live Essentials 2011. Is it safe to delete them?