.exe files with folder icon and name are created automatically


  1. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #1

    .exe files with folder icon and name are created automatically


    Hello. I've started to have a problem with my PC. It automatically creates .exe files that are named by the folder they are into (e.g. Desktop.exe) for the folder that's created on desktop. When I try to open it sends me to Libraries folder and also pops some message that requires me administrator privileges.

    Windows 7 Professional x64.

    Any clues about this ?
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  2. Posts : 5,642
    Windows 10 Pro (x64)
       #2

    Sounds like you have a case of nasty malware. Run your anti-malware tools.
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  3. Posts : 504
       #3

    Yes. That's 100% a malware infection. I was attacked by that when I was a kid, lol.

    Do full system scan with a good anti virus and Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware download

    Eventually, you'll need to reinstall Windows since cleaning these kinds of infections completely is quite difficult. It already seems it has done a lot to your system.
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  4. Posts : 25
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Ok. I just installed norton antivirus and did a full system scan. Apparently it removed all of those. Thanks for help
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  5. Posts : 504
       #5

    Glad you got your problem solved!
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