exe keeps disappearing

[Gary_Hampson]

I thought I was losing my mind, but, on careful inspection I am finding that .exe files (using visual studio 2008) simply vapourise off my machine after a day or so or sometimes more.

I have no idea if I have inadvertantly set something in vis s to eat my exe's or whether its another unhelpful vista feature.

Has anyone any ideas??

Thanks
Gary

[Steven_L_Intel1]

On my home machine, I found that my antivirus software was doing this on occasion. I told it not to scan my projects folder. Check your antivirus program's activity log.

[jimdempseyatthecove]

>>On my home machine, I found that my antivirus software was doing this on occasion. I told it not to scan my projects folder. Check your antivirus program's activity log.

What does the AV program report to a log file what it (thought it) found in the .exe file?

This issue, and a copy of the .exe file, should be brought (sent) to the attention of the AV vendor. The three reasons I can think of are

1) actual virus hidden in .exe (may have come in with a library you are linking with)
2) unintended false positive in .exe
3) intended false positive in .exe


Jim Dempsey

[Steven_L_Intel1]

The AV program noticed that it was a newly created, unsigned EXE that it had not seen before from other users. For the average user this would be suspicious and its default action is to quarantine the EXE. It did so silently, which I suppose was perhaps not the best choice.

[jimdempseyatthecove]

Thanks,

So add to the list

4) unsigned .exe with AV instructed to quarantine unsigned .exe (.dll, .com, ??)

So this (in your case) was a ligitimate action taken by your AV (although not what you initially expected as a developer).

Jim

[grtoro]

If you are using Norton AV products, you may be interested in reading the following thread:

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Internet-Security-Norton/SONAR-is-deleting-programs/td-p/160660

Many people have complained about this problem. To make matters worse,NAVsometimes comes back and deletes the same file again, even if told to ignore it.

Gabriel

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Indeed, it was Norton Internet Security I was referring to above. I added the folder for my development area to the "exclude" list and have not seen the problem since. I read through that whole thread (and added my own comment). While I like the Norton tools, this particular behavior irks me.