How to Unhide Hidden Files Caused by a Virus
Posted by Ashnit Kumar on Monday, April 23, 2012 Under: Common Erros
How to unhide files That’s been Hidden by a Virus in USB Flash Drives or hard disks
Nowadays, floppy drives are just remnants of old computers. Majority of computer users today are using USB Flash Disks as their primary storage of their files. Goodbye to the 1.4mb diskettes. You don’t have to buy lots of these diskettes just to store large files anymore.
With USB Flash drives, all you need is a computer that has USB port to plug in to which is available in every computer today. Not only they are handy because of their small sizes, USB Flash drives can also store large files!
The problem with using these flash drives, they’re easily infected with viruses. Some forms of virus infections among flash drives are the following: hides your files and folders, creates exe file extensions of your files and even corrupt your files. And later on infecting your PC.
If you have a strong antivirus, you don’t have to worry with these threats that could infect your computer when a USB flash drive has been plug to the computer because they are easily deleted upon detection.
Now, if your files have been infected even your antivirus is up-to-date and they’ve been hidden and no longer visible when you open your files, these are some tips on how to unhide hidden files caused by a virus.
1. Sometimes this infection can be solved by:
* Going to Windows Explorer
* Tools menu
* Folder Option
* View Tab
* Choose “show Hidden Files and Folders”.
* If the files will show up, simply change the properties of the files/folders. Uncheck the “hidden” checkbox and the files will show again just like before.
2. If the above doesn’t work, and your files are still hidden, do this one that will surely work.
Go To
>>folder options
> view
> under files and folders check all
> under hidden files and folders check show hidden files and folders
> uncheck hide protected operating system files
Then Click Start and type "run"
a window will pop up and then type "cmd" (without quotes)
A black window will pop up known as "Comand Promt"
> Here u type "attrib -h -s "
> Make sure you add a space after the -s.
> Drag and drop the file you want to change(make visible), onto the command prompt window.
> Press enter.
Repeat this process for each file.
Once this is done
>>folder options
> view
> under files and folders check all
> under hidden files and folders check show hidden files and folders
> check hide protected operating system files
3. This option is for those who do not want the long process.
Download the unhide.exe program from Bleeping Computer here, save it
Once downloaded to your computer, then double click it to run the program – it may take quite a while (e.g. 2 – 30 minutes) to run depending how many files there are on your hard drive but just leave it running until it finishes.
The unhide.exe program automatically goes through your computer and unhides all files except hidden system files – Windows files that are supposed to be (and should stay) hidden. It basically automates the attrib command above to
change the hidden attribute of all your files and folders.
Once unhide.exe has finished you should now be able to view and open your documents/pictures/music again just as before
Nowadays, floppy drives are just remnants of old computers. Majority of computer users today are using USB Flash Disks as their primary storage of their files. Goodbye to the 1.4mb diskettes. You don’t have to buy lots of these diskettes just to store large files anymore.
With USB Flash drives, all you need is a computer that has USB port to plug in to which is available in every computer today. Not only they are handy because of their small sizes, USB Flash drives can also store large files!
The problem with using these flash drives, they’re easily infected with viruses. Some forms of virus infections among flash drives are the following: hides your files and folders, creates exe file extensions of your files and even corrupt your files. And later on infecting your PC.
If you have a strong antivirus, you don’t have to worry with these threats that could infect your computer when a USB flash drive has been plug to the computer because they are easily deleted upon detection.
Now, if your files have been infected even your antivirus is up-to-date and they’ve been hidden and no longer visible when you open your files, these are some tips on how to unhide hidden files caused by a virus.
1. Sometimes this infection can be solved by:
* Going to Windows Explorer
* Tools menu
* Folder Option
* View Tab
* Choose “show Hidden Files and Folders”.
* If the files will show up, simply change the properties of the files/folders. Uncheck the “hidden” checkbox and the files will show again just like before.
2. If the above doesn’t work, and your files are still hidden, do this one that will surely work.
Go To
>>folder options
> view
> under files and folders check all
> under hidden files and folders check show hidden files and folders
> uncheck hide protected operating system files
Then Click Start and type "run"
a window will pop up and then type "cmd" (without quotes)
A black window will pop up known as "Comand Promt"
> Here u type "attrib -h -s "
> Make sure you add a space after the -s.
> Drag and drop the file you want to change(make visible), onto the command prompt window.
> Press enter.
Repeat this process for each file.
Once this is done
>>folder options
> view
> under files and folders check all
> under hidden files and folders check show hidden files and folders
> check hide protected operating system files
3. This option is for those who do not want the long process.
Download the unhide.exe program from Bleeping Computer here, save it
Once downloaded to your computer, then double click it to run the program – it may take quite a while (e.g. 2 – 30 minutes) to run depending how many files there are on your hard drive but just leave it running until it finishes.
The unhide.exe program automatically goes through your computer and unhides all files except hidden system files – Windows files that are supposed to be (and should stay) hidden. It basically automates the attrib command above to
change the hidden attribute of all your files and folders.
Once unhide.exe has finished you should now be able to view and open your documents/pictures/music again just as before
In : Common Erros