What are the hiberfil.sys and pagefile.sys files?

[BigHotStud]

I’m confused on what these files are. They were created in 2019, but I only bought my PC in 2020, so I’m confused on how these files could’ve even been created back then.

I tried scanning them with Kaspersky but Kaspersky just says “Object not processed” and nothing else. I think this might be because the files are around 13GB in size.

So, are these regular windows files or malware that Kaspersky can’t process for some reason? I mean, if they malware, then the real-time protection would get them, right?

[richbuff]

They are regular, normal Windows files that have been around since Moses was knee-high to a grasshopper. 

 

I asked my rich uncle Google (he has big bucks, but he is not very smart) and he came back with this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_paging

and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation_(computing)