Aut2exe virus?

Discussion in 'Serious Discussion' started by GangsterV, Dec 23, 2020.

  1. GangsterV

    GangsterV MDL Novice

    Dec 1, 2018
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    Hi,

    I'm sorry if this is not the right place to post this. I didn't find any forum that is suitable for discussing this matter, so I posted it here. Please move this thread to the right forum if this is not.

    So, I was moving some data from a USB flash drive that a friend gave me, and the folders looked kinda weird - the windows 10 folders had a .exe extension at the end. When I double-clicked them (which was a stupid move), the folder actually opened. But then, every time I plug in a USB flash into my laptop, I get this error when removing it:

    Popup window title: Aut2exe Error
    Body: Line 0 (File
    "C/Users/<myuser>/AppData/Roaming/<some random letters>/<some random letters again>.au3"):
    Error: Error opening this file.

    I looked up the internet but couldn't get anything useful. This seems to be something related to AutoIt3, but I don't know what the heck AutoIt3 is, and I never tried to install it on my laptop.

    Does anyone know a solution for this?

    Kind regards,
    GangsterV
     
  2. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

    Nov 26, 2012
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    There is probably no virus or other malware, but some third-party left-over files (third party remnant files) .
    Such files are typically used to transmit files / information in real time over mobile networks.
    The file system on the memory stick may also be corrupted.
    If these are unfamiliar files to you, it's a good idea to delete them and reformat the flash drive.
     
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