Can't delete mystery folders in C: drive

Hello, All
Wondered if anyone had first-hand knowledge of this sort of
occurence with XP Pro SP2:
I recently bought a new computer from a trusted private party, with
the OS pre-installed. The unit runs very well and I have no major
complaints. But what's puzzling is the persistence of 2 mysterious
folders in C drive, both of which have been there since I first fired
up the box. The names of each of these folders are a simple string of
numbers & lower case letters, one of them 22 characters long & 23
chars long in the other.
In the interest of keeping things clean & clear I'd like to delete
both of these directories but have had no luck in doing so; every time
I attempt to delete I get a simple Access Denied error.

What I've already tried:
> Taken ownership of both folders (which seemed to execute
fine). Still can't delete them.
> Gone into command-prompt window and searched for any
attributes for files w/in; none listed.
> While in cmd-prompt I tried "rmdir /s" but no joy.
> Gone into Safe Mode logged in as Administrator. No luck
(still get access denied error).
> Started Recovery Console & attempted to delete. No difference
in results.

I should note that one of the folders (named
"ebcfbf429dfc85cad0869a1b") contains a sub-folder named "update", but
there's no access to that folder, either.....

Anybody got any experience with this sort of thing?

TIA for your time [:-D

riprap


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