I am a Google Chrome user on Win7 64 bit. Last night I started getting this unprompted download of a file called setup.exe. I know this is a common name for windows programs to use but my issue is that, as I said, it downloads without a prompt. I have been at my computer every time it downloads (has happened three times within about an 8 hour period) and every time I use the option to show it in the folder. It does seem to at least stay in the downloads folder.
I then use my Zone Alarm antivirus to scan the file and each time ZA says that it is a Trojan and it proceeds to Treat it, which seems to just involve deleting it. The third time it downloaded it I checked its properties before scanning it with ZA and looked at its digital signature. Sadly, atm I can't remember what it said, but I remember that I hadn't heard of anything legit with that name and it actually sounded fishy, not to mention the signature was all in caps, which also strikes me as odd, though I can't say with certainty that no legit company has ever done all caps for their signature...
Anyways... obviously there is something else happening if it keeps downloading unprompted, so while I can take care of the file I would like to know if anyone has had experience or can guess as to why it keeps downloading. I have the download history open and I will copy/paste the link for the file with spaces, so that if it is harmful you can't just click it.
ht tp s: // in st al l. oi ns ta ll er 9. co m/ o/ fl as hp la ye rp ro /s et up .e xe ?f il ed es cr ip ti on =f la sh pl ay er pr o& su
and it cuts out there, and I don't know how to show it all, but in case that split up link is too hard to read, the big parts that stand out are "oinstaller9" and "flashplayerpro". I suppose it is possible that it is just a flash player update, but as far as I know there should be a prompt to update, instead of just downloading to the generic download folder and being classified as a trojan with a weird signature.
I then use my Zone Alarm antivirus to scan the file and each time ZA says that it is a Trojan and it proceeds to Treat it, which seems to just involve deleting it. The third time it downloaded it I checked its properties before scanning it with ZA and looked at its digital signature. Sadly, atm I can't remember what it said, but I remember that I hadn't heard of anything legit with that name and it actually sounded fishy, not to mention the signature was all in caps, which also strikes me as odd, though I can't say with certainty that no legit company has ever done all caps for their signature...
Anyways... obviously there is something else happening if it keeps downloading unprompted, so while I can take care of the file I would like to know if anyone has had experience or can guess as to why it keeps downloading. I have the download history open and I will copy/paste the link for the file with spaces, so that if it is harmful you can't just click it.
ht tp s: // in st al l. oi ns ta ll er 9. co m/ o/ fl as hp la ye rp ro /s et up .e xe ?f il ed es cr ip ti on =f la sh pl ay er pr o& su
and it cuts out there, and I don't know how to show it all, but in case that split up link is too hard to read, the big parts that stand out are "oinstaller9" and "flashplayerpro". I suppose it is possible that it is just a flash player update, but as far as I know there should be a prompt to update, instead of just downloading to the generic download folder and being classified as a trojan with a weird signature.
but yeah, I would never run a .exe without knowing what it was for, which shouldn't be a problem if I purposely downloaded an application lol
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