ALL MY .EXE FILES SIZE TURNED TO 0kb

Hello,

As you probably know, there are two versions of applications available: 32-bit and 64-bit. Make sure to download the appropriate version for your computer's system type.

Meanwhile, we suggest to run a scan using the Windows Defender to remove any hidden virus or malware.

If the issue persists, you may need to format the D drive as the files stored on it could already be corrupted. You can check this article for guidelines, the steps can also be applied to Windows 10.

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Hi,

To know more about this issue, please answer the following question below.

• Have you check if the file is compatible with your Windows Version?
• Have you tried to uninstall and reinstall the file?
• Are you logged in to your PC as an Administrator?

Yes please, am sure all the executables are compatible with my X64 OS. I have so far formatted my C: and i wanted to reinstall those programs using the setups that i had previously backup on my other partition. All those setups are 0kbs though the partition is still 300gb out of 350 gb which means that they are still there but wrongly named or something else.
Iam using the Admin account and i have previously scanned with windows defender, malware byte, avg, smadav  bt no malware or virus detected.
Ofcourse, i uninstalled those third party virus scanners bt no solution so far.

Hi,

For us to effectively assist you, can you confirm if you have backed up your files? If yes, it would be best to reformat the drive and have the files restored. If not, then it's unfortunate that if the files are already corrupted due to a malware infection, they wouldn't be saved any longer. Moving forward, we suggest to set up your OneDrive account to have your files backed up so you can restore them easily in the future if the situation needs it. You can find the details about OneDrive through this article OneDrive on your PC and you can also set up a drive for your File History so you can back up your files in there as well. Kindly click on this link File History in Windows to see the steps on how you can set up File History.

Hope this helps and if you have any other questions, don't hesitate to post back.

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This is exactly the problem I've. However, mine wasn't a system drive. There's definitely a virus that's targeting executables. It just nullifies their sizes to 0kb. I don't think it's overwriting anything.

There's a friend who had your exact problem and i just noticed it was a viral infection. So i backed up stuff and reinstalled Windows. I gave her the laptop before i could finish installing an antivirus and other devices and software that she used; i was very busy with something else. I told her not to use it yet, but she did. She got the same virus into the thing thru a flashdrive from another friend i think. When i came to finish up, i installed some software normally at first. i used my external drive that has all my installations in it. It worked at first, but when i got to install other programs later on i noticed they were 0kb. I went back to one of the setups (VLC) that i had installed earlier successfully and noticed it too was now 0kb. I looked all over the drive and all exe files were now 0kb. 

This is definitely a virus targeting executables only. The help i need is how to undo those nullifications. I think the data is still there, as the space reported is still the sam for the total drive, just that the file is being reported as 0kb, therefore nothing and unexecutable. I tried looking for hidden files, scanned the drive with Windows drive tools in drive properties and scanned for viruses, which is reported ok. The drive has no infection coz and isn't corrupt.

Hi Emmanuel,

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