Weird Hex named files in XP root

Hey haven't been here for a while...


Anyway attached is an image EDIT:would be an image of my C: (nothing flippin works with dialup anymore...)

What are all these Hex named files? The description is "file" and they have no extension...

there's over 800 of them!

are they safe to delete?

Thanks

Try opening one up with a hex editor, or if you're comfortable doing so, attach one to one of your posts if it's small enough.

That might give some clue to their origin/use.


You can also try running a tool that tracks filesystem use, logging what processes access what files. This is going to be a lot of data to pore over, but if these files are being used, it should show up. This ought to give you more information than you'll ever need, but if these files exist only in the system root, it should be relatively easy to filter out the noise.