File called 'Program' in /C

[Vaio]

Title basically says it all, everytime I boot my PC up it comes up with a message saying there's a file or application in /c called 'Program' do you want us to change it to 'Program1' as it could stop functionality of some applications..
I haven't downloaded anything apart from McAfee and tried downloaded the EDMIX driver from their website.
Can someone please tell me what to do.
Thanks.

 

[Rakk]

I'd run a virus scanner and malware scanner, it sounds a bit dubious to me.

 

[Vaio]

Okay, I'll run McAfee and instal MalwareBytes. Tell you how I get on... I don't see how it can be anything malicious though, I haven't done anything lol apart from downloading/installing mcafee and trying to install edmix driver from the website.

 

[Vaio]

I'm 99% sure it started after I downloaded the drivers from EDIMAX website, must be.. it's the only thing I've tried downloading.
Would it be better to re-instal w7 as I don't have anything on the computer at the moment?

 

[vanthus]

This can be caused by an error in the installation of almost any application and can be a pain
to get rid of,in your case I would start from scratch,unless you want to give system restore a try.

 

[Vaio]

System restore and me are not friends, I'll re-install W7, the programs I have in control panel, such as Nvidia graphics driver/physx and a few things for the MOBO, will I have to download them?

 

[vanthus]

All the drivers you need should be supplied on disks.

 

[Vaio]

Okay doke, not going too well first day of new PC, got it at 10:30 and still haven't played one game

 

[Vaio]

I simply deleted the file, rebooted and the message never popped up.. should I still re-instal w7?

 

[vanthus]

Up to you,usually the the file just reappears on reboot wether you rename it or delete it,
so you might be ok,try rebooting a couple of times.

 

[Vaio]

I did a quick McAfee scan and nothing popped up.. I just don't want to be logging into things and stuff whilst there's a (if it is) malicious file. But thanks for your help, and Rak I'll keep you posted.

EDIT: booted it about 4 times and everything seems okay..

 

[Vaio]

Okay, I tried installing the EDIMAX driver again through the CD and it comes up with there's no authentication signiture blah blah please only download drivers from manufacturer.. when you press install anyway. It creates the file called Program in /c

 

[Buzz]

What kind of file is it?

If you do not have file extensions showing click

Start / Control Panel / Folder Options / View

Un-tick Hide extensions for known file types. Apply and Ok and go back to file and see what its extension is.

 

[Vaio]

It was everytime I was installing EDIMAX driver, I rang support regarding my card and why it wasn't working and he said all the drivers are already installed so you don't have to. I opened my case as he was right, the Wifi card had come out of the pci socket.

Had a look and there is no file extension. I deleted it and hasn't come back, only does when I instal EDIMAX driver.