Hanakimachi Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Good evening.I have some .exe files in my external hard drive and yesterday I connected it to a PC with Windows 8.1 and I noticed that each .exe file got hidden. I had to uncheck the OS hide files option to see them again. Now, the name of each file has a "g" letter in the beginning of the file's name. So my question is: why happened that and how can I fix it?Thanks for reading my problem. Every answer will be really appreciate. I attached an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarabou Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Maybe a virus? Read this https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/677770-virus-changed-my-exe-file-to-gexe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/677770-virus-changed-my-exe-file-to-gexe/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 21 hours ago, Hanakimachi said: I attached an example. What does this file contain? Rufus.exe is about 1MB and it's shortcut with icon is 1.23kB. Therefore, this is not a .exe file, it's not even a shortcut. What file is it really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Could be the virus masquerading as an .exe .. for self- propagation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanakimachi Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 On 10/14/2018 at 6:34 PM, scarabou said: Maybe a virus? Read this https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/677770-virus-changed-my-exe-file-to-gexe/ Thank you. I think it may work. On 10/14/2018 at 7:41 PM, Kalju said: What file is it really? Well, I downloaded Rufus from the official page and that's the file size. 🤨 On 10/14/2018 at 8:00 PM, teodz1984 said: Could be the virus masquerading as an .exe .. for self- propagation Thank you. I'm gonna try what the guy from the another forum says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanax Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 On 10/15/2018 at 2:41 AM, Kalju said: What does this file contain? Rufus.exe is about 1MB and it's shortcut with icon is 1.23kB. Therefore, this is not a .exe file, it's not even a shortcut. What file is it really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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