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Files and folders disappear
Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have
disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give. -- Mordechi |
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Files and folders disappear
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:44:05 -0800, Mordechi
.(donotspam) wrote: Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give. Some malware programs turn off the settings that show hidden and system files to make their files hard to detect. Run full scans with your antivirus and antispyware programs. I'd also download and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and MalwareBytes' Anti-Malwa http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Files and folders disappear
On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:44:05 -0800, Mordechi
.(donotspam) wrote: Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give. Some malware programs turn off the settings that show hidden and system files to make their files hard to detect. Run full scans with your antivirus and antispyware programs. I'd also download and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and MalwareBytes' Anti-Malwa http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Files and folders disappear
Thank you Steve:
I have run full AV & MW scans of the system and drives, however, from a different supplier, IMSI/System Suite 9. The results were 3 files quarintined and deleted. No malware detected. I will go to the MS site and run the scans using the MS software. In an attempt to resolve the problem, I deleted the drive, reformated NTFS and then loaded the backup of the drive. This backup was made prior to the occurance of this problem. The result is that the files are visible, in almost all instances, but when I try to open them with Excel or Word 2003, now I am getting an error message that the files are locked. When I go to the files to examine them the attributes are "read only". I can access the attributes and change them but the error message said that to correct the problem I should examine the permissions on the files and folders. Have not gotten to that, as yet, but it certainly sounds, to me anyway, that something nefarious is going on. If you have any further advice I would appreciate the direction. Mordechi -- Mordechi "Steve Winograd" wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:44:05 -0800, Mordechi .(donotspam) wrote: Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give. Some malware programs turn off the settings that show hidden and system files to make their files hard to detect. Run full scans with your antivirus and antispyware programs. I'd also download and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and MalwareBytes' Anti-Malwa http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Files and folders disappear
Thank you Steve:
I have run full AV & MW scans of the system and drives, however, from a different supplier, IMSI/System Suite 9. The results were 3 files quarintined and deleted. No malware detected. I will go to the MS site and run the scans using the MS software. In an attempt to resolve the problem, I deleted the drive, reformated NTFS and then loaded the backup of the drive. This backup was made prior to the occurance of this problem. The result is that the files are visible, in almost all instances, but when I try to open them with Excel or Word 2003, now I am getting an error message that the files are locked. When I go to the files to examine them the attributes are "read only". I can access the attributes and change them but the error message said that to correct the problem I should examine the permissions on the files and folders. Have not gotten to that, as yet, but it certainly sounds, to me anyway, that something nefarious is going on. If you have any further advice I would appreciate the direction. Mordechi -- Mordechi "Steve Winograd" wrote: On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:44:05 -0800, Mordechi .(donotspam) wrote: Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give. Some malware programs turn off the settings that show hidden and system files to make their files hard to detect. Run full scans with your antivirus and antispyware programs. I'd also download and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and MalwareBytes' Anti-Malwa http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Mordechi;1455285 Wrote: Thank you Steve: I have run full AV & MW scans of the system and drives, however, from a different supplier, IMSI/System Suite 9. The results were 3 files quarintined and deleted. No malware detected. I will go to the MS site and run the scans using the MS software. In an attempt to resolve the problem, I deleted the drive, reformated NTFS and then loaded the backup of the drive. This backup was made prior to the occurance of this problem. The result is that the files are visible, in almost all instances, but when I try to open them with Excel or Word 2003, now I am getting an error message that the files are locked. When I go to the files to examine them the attributes are "read only". I can access the attributes and change them but the error message said that to correct the problem I should examine the permissions on the files and folders. Have not gotten to that, as yet, but it certainly sounds, to me anyway, that something nefarious is going on. If you have any further advice I would appreciate the direction. Mordechi -- Mordechi "Steve Winograd" wrote: - On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:44:05 -0800, Mordechi .(donotspam) wrote: - Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give.- Some malware programs turn off the settings that show hidden and system files to make their files hard to detect. Run full scans with your antivirus and antispyware programs. I'd also download and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and MalwareBytes' Anti-Malwa http://tinyurl.com/6bb67 http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com - Friend,If i use like antivirus..will antivirus detect the malware? Yes, i think it must reformat again of harddrive.. with reformat all data and virus or malware will delete. So harddrive will clean again.. -- tigaroda |
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Files and folders disappear
Mordechi;1455285 Wrote: Thank you Steve: I have run full AV & MW scans of the system and drives, however, from a different supplier, IMSI/System Suite 9. The results were 3 files quarintined and deleted. No malware detected. I will go to the MS site and run the scans using the MS software. In an attempt to resolve the problem, I deleted the drive, reformated NTFS and then loaded the backup of the drive. This backup was made prior to the occurance of this problem. The result is that the files are visible, in almost all instances, but when I try to open them with Excel or Word 2003, now I am getting an error message that the files are locked. When I go to the files to examine them the attributes are "read only". I can access the attributes and change them but the error message said that to correct the problem I should examine the permissions on the files and folders. Have not gotten to that, as yet, but it certainly sounds, to me anyway, that something nefarious is going on. If you have any further advice I would appreciate the direction. Mordechi -- Mordechi "Steve Winograd" wrote: - On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:44:05 -0800, Mordechi .(donotspam) wrote: - Following a system crash all of the files on a particular hard drive have disappeared in Explorer. However, the folder structure remains visible. I have been able to make the files visible using the Folders and Files Attribute settings but each time I exit Explorer the attribute switches back to Hidden. This occurs even if I have set the system to show hidden system files. I would like to set all of the files and folders on the system back to the default settings. Have slowly driven myself insane with this problem over the course of the last month. Thanks for any help you can give.- Some malware programs turn off the settings that show hidden and system files to make their files hard to detect. Run full scans with your antivirus and antispyware programs. I'd also download and run the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool and MalwareBytes' Anti-Malwa http://tinyurl.com/6bb67 http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com - Friend,If i use like antivirus..will antivirus detect the malware? Yes, i think it must reformat again of harddrive.. with reformat all data and virus or malware will delete. So harddrive will clean again.. -- tigaroda |
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