Random Files Appeared in C: Root

Hi guys,

I just clicked on my C: drive and as well as all the usual folders there are 30 new items:

9 txt files all with their filenames beginning eula followed by a number and appear to contain a license agreement for Visual Studio 9 beta, which is strange considering I don't have this software and the only thing I used to have was Visual Studio 2010 which I have now also uninstalled.

9 dll files with numbers corresponding to the ones on the text files above

6 sqm files

A winzip file names VC_RED and an installer named VC_RED along with a blank white bitmap named vcredist

Does anyone have any idea what these files are, where they have come from and whether it is safe to delete them?

Hi,

Look here for a similar problem: -

VC_RED.cab installed in the Root Directory after installation of a PC game

Ok thanks, will try that and keep you informed

Hello if they are there and you did not put them there then I would run a full updated Virus scan...

Download and run a full scan using malwarebytes heres the link..

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I would also send Jacee a pm and ask her to look at your problem just to be safe...