EAC Log Files Disappearing?

[Jedi QuestMaster]

So I looked back at some of my old rips to see what settings I had them set at and realized I didn't even have logs for some of them. No big deal. I was planning on re-ripping them anyway. I stumbled across some CDs I don't own anymore that I swear I saved the logs for (I have a .cue and .m3u8 to go with it). Now I'm paranoid.

Does Windows 7 or antivirus programs have any reason to remove these files. I meticulously back things up. Unfortunately that also means overwriting my folders with albums that now seem to be missing logs.

Also all my archived music folders say they were created 12/26/2019 for some reason, so it's hard to put them in the order they were actually ripped.

Is there a way to prevent a file from being deleted?