I have autorun and setup.exe files appearing on my c and d drives, if i delete them they are back on restart.?

I have found that I have a setup.exe and autorun file on my c and d drive and also in the shared folder . I do not know what they are, I delete them but then on restarting my pc they are back! i have ran a virus checker also adawre and spybot and they find nothing! I would be grateful if anyone could help me as I am sure they are up to no good.


Regards Ali

I have autorun and setup.exe files appearing on my c and d drives, if i delete them they are back on restart.?
One of the most easiest things (well done for once Microsoft) is system restore. If you perodically mark your own points when you know for definate everything is cool, life's good.


But that's for future use.


As for now no setup.exe and autoruns are NOT needed to boot your computer.





Autorun files are usually on CD/DVDs so that they execute when the disk is discovered.


These could (must!) have been put there, by a person, as I know no programs that put an autorun file onto a HD.





Setup.exe are installer packages, for any host of various programs.


You don't know what they are! If you hover over the files if they're reputable then the info pop-up should show a company name.


As for how they got there, copied or downloaded by either a user of your computer, attached media, or from outside.





Options:





1. Ignorance is bliss!





2. Many things.


Delete: logically removes file from the File Allocation Table);


Defrag: physically reorganises the file distribution, any thing not in the FAT will not have its space saved, hence be overwritten.


Repair the FAT: checks that the actual files are the same as what's supposed to be there. This is done in Shell (MSDOS/command prompt)





3. Find out what is recopying the files back and stop it's execution.





If I had your computer I could sort it, but your probably not local
Reply:exe %26amp; setup files are needed to start %26amp; run all the programmes on your computer! if you delete them, your computer will not work properly. as long as you run virus checks regularly, you shouldn't have a problem.
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Reply:Try installing Avast! anti virus and Ewido anti trojan. If they say these files are not a problem, then they are legitimate programs.
Reply:Have you checked the startup options in msconfig?


If really worried try "Hijack this".


Google both for further instructions