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Kevin825 Posts 1 Registration date Saturday November 8, 2014 Status Member Last seen November 8, 2014 - Nov 8, 2014 at 10:20 PM
R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   - Nov 11, 2014 at 05:02 AM
I am a complete computer newb so please bear with me.

It appears I got a virus that hides all my files. Used malabytes to remove a bunch of stuff then used the attribute in cmd but it just said access denied over and over again for each area for about 10 minutes then stopped.

Please help!!!

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R2D2_WD Posts 3606 Registration date Monday September 1, 2014 Status Member Last seen February 20, 2017   155
Nov 11, 2014 at 05:02 AM
Hi, Kevin

Are we talking about an external hard drive? What OS do you use?
Confirm that files are not hidden from Folder Options, then open the Command Prompt and type attrib -h -r -s /s /d z:\*.*, where "z" is the letter of your drive. Check if there is any change. Since you have difficulties using the attrib command, try again in Safe Mode with CMD.

Hope this helps

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