How to delete hidden files in windows 7?

I found 5 hidden files using rootkit buster should i delete them all? details follow.?

  • --== Dump Hidden MBR and Hidden File on C:\ ==-- [HIDDEN_FILE]: FullPath : C:\WINDOWS\pss\system.ini.backup FullPathLength: 32 DesiredAccess : 0x0 Options : 0x0 Attributes : 0x80 ShareAccess : 0x0 Type : 0x0 [HIDDEN_FILE]: FullPath : C:\WINDOWS\pss\win.ini.backup FullPathLength: 29 DesiredAccess : 0x0 Options : 0x0 Attributes : 0x80 ShareAccess : 0x0 Type : 0x0 [HIDDEN_FILE]: FullPath : C:\WINDOWS\pss\boot.ini.backup FullPathLength: 30 DesiredAccess : 0x0 Options : 0x0 Attributes : 0x80 ShareAccess : 0x0 Type : 0x0 [HIDDEN_FILE]: FullPath : C:\WINDOWS\pss\Adobe Reader Speed Launch.lnkCommon Startup FullPathLength: 58 DesiredAccess : 0x0 Options : 0x0 Attributes : 0x80 ShareAccess : 0x0 Type : 0x0 [HIDDEN_FILE]: FullPath : C:\WINDOWS\pss\Acer Empowering Technology.lnkCommon Startup FullPathLength: 59 DesiredAccess : 0x0 Options : 0x0 Attributes : 0x80 ShareAccess : 0x0 Type : 0x0 5 hidden files found.

  • Answer:

    Deleting "start-up" and "backup" files is a risky business unless you really know what purpose they serve.

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If you really want to delete these use the Windows Explorer to make them unhidden and then delete them. However you should reallize that these are all part of the Windows system. If you delete them the computer will never work again.

Quarantine if possible? Find out what this C:/WINDOWS/ > (pss) < file is for before you delete them? They look like files used by good programs?

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