Suspicious files in profile folder

There are two executable files in my Firefox profile folder called SESSIONSTORE.JS.EXE and TEMP.EXE. Both files have the McAfee logo as their icon (large red M with gray background).
I have scanned both files with Bitdefender and Malwarebytes, and neither file was flagged as suspicious.
Both files have a filedate of 12/19/2008 and each is 3,092 KB in length.
Are these files OK, are they possibly a leftover from McAfee antivirus or Site Advisor (which I used to use) or should I delete them?
I am running 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium.
Thanks for your help.

You can delete them as they appear to be quite old from 2008
Maybe it is time to create a new profile if the current profile is that old to remove remnants from previous Firefox versions. 
I notice that your System Details List is showing a lot of prefs that are no longer supported in the current release and that you also have a user.js file that could possibly add some of those prefs. 
It is quite likely that your localstore.rdf has quite a large file size and stores obsolete data.
See "Creating a profile":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Profile_issues
If the new profile works then you can transfer some files from an existing profile to the new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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*Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware: http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
*AdwCleaner: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml
*SuperAntispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/
*Microsoft Safety Scanner: http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
*Windows Defender: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender
*Spybot Search & Destroy: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
*Kasperky Free Security Scan: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
*Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller: http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware

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