Wierd foldernames in preferences folder - what are they ?

in my user/libery/preferences/ folder i have some wierd folder i cant figure out what are
They all appers to be empty..
And the are all from the 14 august and up to today
I have not install anny new programs in agust (Only opdates of Adobe programes)
but what are they and can i delet them ??? ... hope somebody can teel me
The folders are:
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˛dPê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
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ﬁ\†ê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
ﬁ†∞ê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
ﬁã ê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
ﬂ'Äê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
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ﬁyPê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
ﬁw`ê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
ﬁSê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
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ﬁi`ê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
ﬁmê÷òøˇﬁ¿†~a|êÿÃè¿ö(øˇﬂ ß≠§
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Searching the forum i have found the folowing
It seems frome all post that the folders can be deleted without worys
but they will come back
A fix cud be:
Barbara Brundage >> Oh, oh, now I remember. It's caused by the Adobe TWAIN driver. Go to the PE folder>Plug-ins>Import/export and trash that. It's nothing but trouble.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4515029
Or:
Allan Seidel >> One can stop the folder creation by fooling Adobe CS to not load its TWAIN plug-in. Search for the TWAIN file at Plug-Ins:Import/Export. Rename the file to ~TWAIN. CS will no longer create the strange folder.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3222754&#3222754
Wonder what is safe to do ??
I have now tryde allan's solution ... hope it works
Discussions link on the topic (for other reading this with the same problem)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4975621
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3222754
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4386699
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4515029
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