jkcart Posted April 21, 2011 ID:419094 Share Posted April 21, 2011 I have gotten some malware and was trying to save files before they were gone and now I can't find any of the files on my external hard drive. I have run a scan, so I know they are there, but how can I find them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff miekiemoes Posted April 21, 2011 Staff ID:419103 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hi,Download unhide.exe & save it to your windows folder: http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe Right click on unhide.exe and select Run as administrator (In case you have Vista or Win7) RebootThis will unhide folders/files that were set to be hidden by the infection you had.Let me know if that solved your problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkcart Posted April 21, 2011 Author ID:419261 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Hi,Download unhide.exe & save it to your windows folder: http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe Right click on unhide.exe and select Run as administrator (In case you have Vista or Win7) RebootThis will unhide folders/files that were set to be hidden by the infection you had.Let me know if that solved your problem.that did it! I can now see everything that was hidden. Thanks! What a lifesaver! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff miekiemoes Posted April 21, 2011 Staff ID:419263 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Glad to hear Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeGuser Posted April 23, 2011 ID:419935 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Oh, thank you so much miekiemoes about posting this tool. It will be really helpful!May be a month ago I had a case with client's computer that was severly infected. Although I cleaned the malware and everything seemed fine, most of the files remained hidden. I have never seen anything like this before - malware to hide all the files on a computer. I did a research but couldn't find anything on this. I ended up manually turning files and folders that were hidden to visible. This "dirty" job took me about an hour . This tool could have saved me.Anyway, I will keep a note of it and will use it in case I need it in future . Thank you! Hi,Download unhide.exe & save it to your windows folder: http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe Right click on unhide.exe and select Run as administrator (In case you have Vista or Win7) RebootThis will unhide folders/files that were set to be hidden by the infection you had.Let me know if that solved your problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danhharp Posted June 7, 2012 ID:558340 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Signed up quickly to say thanks for this topic and solution.I was thrown for a loop but thanks to the Maleware bytes product I now have a user with a clean machine,and was able to unhide all of the files quickly with the unhide.exe software.This was a strange one for sure.so, thanks everyone! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted June 7, 2012 ID:558399 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Signed up quickly to say thanks for this topic and solution.I was thrown for a loop but thanks to the Maleware bytes product I now have a user with a clean machine,and was able to unhide all of the files quickly with the unhide.exe software.This was a strange one for sure.so, thanks everyone!We are glad Malwarebytes has helped you eradicate this malicious software. If your current security solution let this infection through, you might please consider purchasing the FULL version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware for additional protection.Thank you for using Malwarebytes' Anti-MalwareActivating the full version unlocks realtime protection, scheduled scanning, and scheduled updating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovehhy Posted June 13, 2012 ID:560143 Share Posted June 13, 2012 You can try some AntiRootkit tools like IceSword, or some other special one, such as Toolwiz Care. it has a Raw File Explorer. Raw Registry Explorer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWB Posted June 14, 2012 ID:560318 Share Posted June 14, 2012 wasn't there a recent thread about "toolwiz" being not so great ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daledoc1 Posted June 14, 2012 ID:560400 Share Posted June 14, 2012 wasn't there a recent thread about "toolwiz" being not so great ?Not to mention the fact that this topic is > 14 months old, so I don't expect the OP is waiting for a reply. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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