Carwash Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 In each of the highlighted folders is 2 .VDM files, with long hyphenated file names. What the dilly? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rcp Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 those are windows update temporary folders. safe to delete. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591783996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carwash Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591783998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted October 31, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted October 31, 2009 Just to expand, these .VDM files are Microsoft Virus/Malware definition files. They are installed into the Defender/MSE program, and as far as I know - they're just left behind. Or maybe they haven't been installed yet. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591784050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTN Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 Interesting though that they are not only showing up on my primary partition but USB/external and networked drives. David Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591788976 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 It seems that Windows updates use the largest drive(s), and not really care how they are connected... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591788988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Fudd Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 I never noticed this behavior until I installed MSE on Vista. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591790022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikey Posted November 2, 2009 Share Posted November 2, 2009 This must have come in after the last update of MSE , coz I don't remember seeing them before .. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591791416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
YounGMessiah Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 Thanks for the clear up! Was gonna start a topic asking the same, but imma delete them they are weird looking lol Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591793230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehc Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 When I first noticed these files, I assumed they were generally to do with all Microsoft updates. When I opened a couple it was apparent that many were MSE update files, although subesequent re installs of Microasoft products, generated the same kind of files. But I tried a few experiments and discovered that, where they were positioned on the hard disk, was interdependent on the IE download path. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591794050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlonite Posted November 3, 2009 Share Posted November 3, 2009 i have them on every single HDD in my system i was wondering what they were hmmmm so's it safe to delete them or are they there for a purpose you know something like a hash check for the files on a drive Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591794648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinione Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I found these on my C drive last night! I Googled the issue and apparently it's MS Security Essentials. I read that the issue with it leaving temp files had been fixed by an update. I deleted these folders, with no obvious issues occuring. We shall see if it's fixed next time MSE downloads an update.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/840482-what-are-these-folders-files/#findComment-591811632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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