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A friend's computer was recently infected with a virus.
I hope the virus has been removed successfully. But, it appears that the virus set the "Hidden" flag on most directories and files on the system.
What's the most convenient way to clear this flag from selected directories and their contents?
erickson
Posted 2011-06-09T22:48:17.737
Reputation: 307
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You are looking for the "attrib" command. Type attrib /? at a command prompt.
An example would be attrib -h *.* to remove the hidden attribute from all files in the directory, or attrib -h *.* /s to include subdirectories. Add the /d switch to reset the directories too.
KCotreau
Posted 2011-06-09T22:48:17.737
Reputation: 24 985
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Download and run unhide (http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe).
It is for use when viruses (particularly fake failing HDD alerts) hide your files as part of what it does.
Works a treat for the odd occasion when these things happen here.
Windos
Posted 2011-06-09T22:48:17.737
Reputation: 10 080
Anyone know how to make the * show? It seems only to happen when you do STAR.STAR, not just one star. – KCotreau – 2011-06-09T23:08:45.483
Thanks for the answer! Hope you don't mind; I have proposed an edit to escape the asterisks. You can do that with backslashes, or by enclosing text with backquotes (which makes give it a style for code). – erickson – 2011-06-09T23:22:16.830
You can also do this with -r (read only) -a (archive) -s (system) e.g. C:\Windows\System32\attrib.exe -r ..*.* /s /d see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490868.aspx
– Tod Thomson – 2013-12-06T01:13:19.330