Strange Items In Trash?

Hello,
Can any identify these files? They will not delete? Force delete will not remove them either??
tëf’Ôž–ƒ.×ƒ— Dec 31, 1903, 4:00 PM, Zero KB Alias
_€xº†k.³¨? Dec 31, 1903, 4:00 PM, Zero KB Alias
How can I delete them? For good?
Thanks,
Doug

those do look like windows ghosts. if you have bootcamp boot into windows and repair the windows drive with [chkdsks|http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265].

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