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File Name Renaming
Is this an indication that I have a virus or something? Has my server been hacked, I'm running windows server 2012 R2.
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It's simply a backwards compatibility warning. Because "program files" is a default folder on windows, some older programs that still use DOS style 8.3 names can cough up furballs if another folder exists that is just called "program" ...it is better to use something more unique. Even adding a "1" does that.
somewhere, somehow, malware, installed program, task schedule the probable cause is missing quotation marks around c:\program files\blah which then creates the folder c:\program and then errors out.
check with Explorer if such a folder exists
it can be caused by other software - or malware; if so run http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
it can be caused by other software - or malware; if so run http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
the same message appeared now on a 2nd server, this is strange. I'll run for malware, but I doubt it's that.
Check for suspects. your Startup folder, and Task Scheduler, and registry keys:
C:\Users\username\AppData\
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\W
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
C:\Users\username\AppData\
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\W
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
C:\Users\username\AppData\
(Nothing here, empty) But it could be in other profiles, as there's a lot of other account profiles on this server
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\W
(Nothing here, empty) But it could be in other profiles, as there's a lot of other account profiles on this server
I've attached what's in msconfig.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(The only thing here is my symantec backup exec exe file)
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(nothing here)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(everything.exe is here, which is I know what it is, but then I don't know what this is,
it's MtxHotPlugService.exe v) It's in the system32 directory, so I'm assuming it's part of the OS.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(Nothing here)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(That folder does not exist)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(That folder does not exist)
(Nothing here, empty) But it could be in other profiles, as there's a lot of other account profiles on this server
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\W
(Nothing here, empty) But it could be in other profiles, as there's a lot of other account profiles on this server
I've attached what's in msconfig.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(The only thing here is my symantec backup exec exe file)
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(nothing here)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(everything.exe is here, which is I know what it is, but then I don't know what this is,
it's MtxHotPlugService.exe v) It's in the system32 directory, so I'm assuming it's part of the OS.
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(Nothing here)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(That folder does not exist)
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Wi
(That folder does not exist)
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