Programs main execution file's changed from original, cant be seen

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  1. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 X64
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    Programs main execution file's changed from original, cant be seen


    Recently i noticed i cannot find some of my programs main exe files while i could access their shortcuts via start menu.
    From folder options i enabled showing of system files and there they were, visible again.
    Programs like IMGBurn,Process hacker and some others.
    also their icons are replaced to one of the system default ones.
    i have attached an image from imgburn.exe file. anyone knows whats causing this?

    thanks
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Programs main execution file's changed from original, cant be seen-capture.jpg  
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  2. Posts : 475
    Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
       #2

    Hey woomera. This might sort things out for you.

    Default File Type Associations - Restore
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  3. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 X64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    thanks for the reply but it didnt work. this is simply annoying. :|
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  4. Posts : 1,814
    XP / Win7 x64 Pro
       #4

    Was any other software installed around the time this started happening?
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  5. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Woomera, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You might also consider doing a system restore using a restore point dated before this happened to hopefully undo and fix this.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  6. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 X64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    @Fligi
    my guess is that one of the security softwares have caused this but in my few years messing with these stuffs ive never seen something like this.

    @Brink
    unfortunately i dont have restore points that points past this.

    i currently have emsisoft AM and bitdefender IS installed which are running for on-access scans. to my knowledge none of the 2 causes such behavior.

    to be honest im not really concerned about this but rather really really curious.
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  7. Posts : 450
    Windows 7
       #7

    It sounds as if something changed multiple excecutables within your x86 folder? Does this imply that these directory entries were physically altered to now have these executables be hidden?

    From your x86 folder, would issuing this help identify more about the problem:

    dir /s /ah /b *.exe

    to find all hidden files with .exe suffixes?

    Maybe a pattern will emerge.
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  8. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 X64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    not just the x86 program files folder. have attached the result from both.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Programs main execution file's changed from original, cant be seen-capture.jpg   Programs main execution file's changed from original, cant be seen-capture2.jpg  
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  9. Posts : 450
    Windows 7
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    woomera said:
    not just the x86 program files folder. have attached the result from both.
    So, based on those screens, are we to assume that "all" your .exe files within OS drive \ Program Files (both 32 and 64-bit) have been alterd to now be hidden?

    What if you issue the DIR command again but withOUT the *.exe part. Maybe every single file of any kind is now set to be hidden in those directories??
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  10. Posts : 9
    Windows 7 X64
    Thread Starter
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    JimLewandowski said:
    woomera said:
    not just the x86 program files folder. have attached the result from both.
    So, based on those screens, are we to assume that "all" your .exe files within OS drive \ Program Files (both 32 and 64-bit) have been alterd to now be hidden?

    What if you issue the DIR command again but withOUT the *.exe part. Maybe every single file of any kind is now set to be hidden in those directories??
    Actually no, just those. many are untouched.
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