Warning From COMODO firewall

[byrneb]

I used TextPad 5 .0.3 (32 bit edition) in an attempt to open a file in a subdirectory on a USB flash drive (Windows XP SP 2).
Before I can do this, the COMODO personal firewall gave this the following warning:

"TextPad.exe could not be recognized and it is about to modify
the contents of J:\name.exe. You must make sure
TextPad.exe is a safe application before allowing this request."

name.exe is an executable at the top level on the J drive where the USB flash drive is mounted.
In what way is TextPad trying to modify executables?
I have run the ClamWin AV software on the folders containing TextPad but it reported no infections.

Thanks for shining any light on this
Byrneb

[Nicholas Jordan]

I have a large Java project, I tried to do a total rewrite on one of the thumb-drives that are becoming popular. I had issues, I am still working on them but I saw a window flash through to the refresh that tells that win is prepending a control-panel action on all accesses. Additionally, ( while working on setting env_vars from the system dialog from control panel it would not let me open a file or something - there is an applet of some kind sitting on the traffic.