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Folders disappeared after sweeping virus
Last week, I updated my antivirus but my PC started to run very slow. The
virus, I believe it was FUvirus, ran througout the system disabling the task manager as well as my antivirus. So, I decided to install a new OS, install and update antivirus to my other drive then took a virus scan the entire system. I found over 2000 trojans. My problem now is, my folders are hidden. Please advise how will I unhide them coz the unhide option was disabled. I appreciate your time reading this and I hope you will also spend a little time to help. Thanks. -- =================================== |
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Folders disappeared after sweeping virus
Hi Dennis,
Open command prompt by clicking startrun, type cmd goto the root of the drive you want to fix, example to do this for c drive type cd\ and press enter, you should see c:\ Type the following command and press enter, this command will search all folders and subfolders and unset the hidden attribute for /f %s in ('dir /S /b *.*') do attrib -h %s this will include all files and folders, if you want to only run this for folders run the following command for /f %s in ('dir /AD /B /S *.*') do attrib -h %s Please note that the virus may have done more damage than what you think so it is highly recommended that you backup your data and reformat and reinstall the entire OS. I know this sounds absurd but that would be the best course of action to avoid surprises later. -- Regards Gurpreet Singh "Dennis" wrote: Last week, I updated my antivirus but my PC started to run very slow. The virus, I believe it was FUvirus, ran througout the system disabling the task manager as well as my antivirus. So, I decided to install a new OS, install and update antivirus to my other drive then took a virus scan the entire system. I found over 2000 trojans. My problem now is, my folders are hidden. Please advise how will I unhide them coz the unhide option was disabled. I appreciate your time reading this and I hope you will also spend a little time to help. Thanks. -- =================================== |
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Folders disappeared after sweeping virus
Thanks Gurpreet Singh!
No worries about the OS coz I have already installed a new one. I'll give your suggestion a try and let you know what's gonna happen. Just a question, could this steps be done in my new OS? My old OS is in E-drive. -- =================================== "Gurpreet Singh" wrote: Hi Dennis, Open command prompt by clicking startrun, type cmd goto the root of the drive you want to fix, example to do this for c drive type cd\ and press enter, you should see c:\ Type the following command and press enter, this command will search all folders and subfolders and unset the hidden attribute for /f %s in ('dir /S /b *.*') do attrib -h %s this will include all files and folders, if you want to only run this for folders run the following command for /f %s in ('dir /AD /B /S *.*') do attrib -h %s Please note that the virus may have done more damage than what you think so it is highly recommended that you backup your data and reformat and reinstall the entire OS. I know this sounds absurd but that would be the best course of action to avoid surprises later. -- Regards Gurpreet Singh "Dennis" wrote: Last week, I updated my antivirus but my PC started to run very slow. The virus, I believe it was FUvirus, ran througout the system disabling the task manager as well as my antivirus. So, I decided to install a new OS, install and update antivirus to my other drive then took a virus scan the entire system. I found over 2000 trojans. My problem now is, my folders are hidden. Please advise how will I unhide them coz the unhide option was disabled. I appreciate your time reading this and I hope you will also spend a little time to help. Thanks. -- =================================== |
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Folders disappeared after sweeping virus
Yes dennis, this can be done on any drive. If you see the command is not
having a drive letter specified, all you got to do is, go to the drive or folder and run the command, it would be run against all files and folder in the drive or folder. from command prompt you just need to change to the drive. Let me know how it goes -- Regards Gurpreet Singh "Dennis" wrote: Thanks Gurpreet Singh! No worries about the OS coz I have already installed a new one. I'll give your suggestion a try and let you know what's gonna happen. Just a question, could this steps be done in my new OS? My old OS is in E-drive. -- =================================== "Gurpreet Singh" wrote: Hi Dennis, Open command prompt by clicking startrun, type cmd goto the root of the drive you want to fix, example to do this for c drive type cd\ and press enter, you should see c:\ Type the following command and press enter, this command will search all folders and subfolders and unset the hidden attribute for /f %s in ('dir /S /b *.*') do attrib -h %s this will include all files and folders, if you want to only run this for folders run the following command for /f %s in ('dir /AD /B /S *.*') do attrib -h %s Please note that the virus may have done more damage than what you think so it is highly recommended that you backup your data and reformat and reinstall the entire OS. I know this sounds absurd but that would be the best course of action to avoid surprises later. -- Regards Gurpreet Singh "Dennis" wrote: Last week, I updated my antivirus but my PC started to run very slow. The virus, I believe it was FUvirus, ran througout the system disabling the task manager as well as my antivirus. So, I decided to install a new OS, install and update antivirus to my other drive then took a virus scan the entire system. I found over 2000 trojans. My problem now is, my folders are hidden. Please advise how will I unhide them coz the unhide option was disabled. I appreciate your time reading this and I hope you will also spend a little time to help. Thanks. -- =================================== |
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