Quaratine folder

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I have a folder called Quarantine. In it are about 25 files with the extendsion "vir." Most of the files have names like AOO72720.exe.vir. Also, a few "dll's" and Adobeupdatemanager and Adobedownloadmanager" and a few other files.

If these are files infected with viruses, I am confused. Some of these files have dates extending from 2001-06. I only bought the computer a year ago.

I use McAffee Anti Virus, and it has never reported finding a virus. So, where did all these files come from? Would On-Access Scan put them in this Quarantine folder?
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