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cs1970's avatar
cs1970
Explorer | Level 3
4 years ago

I've gotten this today:

The dropbox application folder has a "Dropbox.exe" file but no "dropbox.exeexe" file so I dont know if that is a Windows Defender issue incorrectly appending 'exe for some reason or if perhaps this is the name of a temporarily installed program that carries out autoupdates considering that there re two subfolders named "152.4.4880" and "PackageAssets" present which have modified date/times that coincide with the appearance of this dialog.

If it is your update/install process, it really shouldnt be presenting users with a security alert about a file with such an unconventional name.

Walter's avatar
Walter
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4 years ago

Thanks for your feedback on this cs1970 - we've passed it on to the team.

 

Let us know if you have anything else to add. 

  • cs1970's avatar
    cs1970
    Explorer | Level 3
    4 years ago

    A few days after I posted the above example, Windows Defender Firewall interrupted a Chrome update with a similar notification referring to "chrome.exe.exe" so I think the finger can likely be pointed at Microsoft here for the spurious suffix at least, whatever about validity of the alert being raised in the first place.

    • Walter's avatar
      Walter
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      4 years ago

      In that case, you may want to flag this with Microsoft directly as well cs1970 

       

      Cheers!

    • gales81's avatar
      gales81
      New member | Level 2
      4 years ago

      I decided to reinstall windows shortly after, no issues since then. Not sure if it was a malware, but better safe than sorry.

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