How can I remove these strange files on windows 2016 server installs

Steege 116 Reputation points
2020-08-13T21:26:40.663+00:00

I have some conspicuous files located on all Windows Server Datacenter 2016 installs in the following directory c:\Windows\systems32\logfiles\SUM folder. I noticed one or two of these alien looking files on all our 2016 servers including a newly installed server. Most of them are named differently. The scanning software didn’t detect anything. I opened one of them. The contents were not legible, except for a few words “my system objects”, “callback” and some dates. I tried to delete it but after a reboot it appear again with different characters. At first I thought it may have been Chinese but sometimes there is an English character and then some shapes. How can I remove these?17496-unidentifiedfiles.jpg

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.3K Reputation points MVP
    2020-08-13T21:49:32.227+00:00
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  1. Steege 116 Reputation points
    2020-08-13T21:58:44.087+00:00

    That worked. Thank you so much!!!!