| Windows 7: What files are hidden by default in Windows 7? |
16 Jun 2011
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What files are hidden by default in Windows 7? Got hit with a malware last week, piece of cake to remove. More annoying than anything. Anyway, side effect of it: it hides a bunch of your files so it can do its malware thing. Solution: I unhid everything on my C: to avoid any problems.
Being the nutcase that I am, I'd now like to re-hide what was hidden by default from Windows. Anybody know where I could find a list/program to do this for me? | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Q6600@3.0 Motherboard Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Memory 8gb Corsair Graphics Card eVGA 640mb 8800gts Screen Resolution 1920x1200 PSU Rosewill 850W Hard Drives WD Caviar 1TB System Manufacturer/Model Number CreepinJesus Mk. IV OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel Core i5-2500 3.3GHz Motherboard Asus P8H67-M PRO Memory 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Graphics Card On-board Sound Card On-board Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster BX2250 22.5" LED-backlit LCD Screen Resolution 1920 * 1080 Keyboard Logitech K360 Mouse Generic Logitech from the bargain-bin by the checkout PSU Thermaltake Toughpower Grand TPG-650M Case Lian-Li PC-A04 Cooling Standard fans. They blow. Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 120GB, SATA-III Internet Speed Over 9000! ...Mbps. Other Info Chocolate digestives are my favourite biscuit. |
16 Jun 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit Peterborough, England |
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop |
16 Jun 2011
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How did you un-hide everything on C? | My System Specs | | OS XP / Win7 x64 Pro CPU Intel Quad-Core Q9450 @ 3.2GHz Motherboard Asus P5-E Memory 2x2GB GSkill DDR2 Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS (EVGA) Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP Screen Resolution 1920x1200 |
17 Jun 2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by FliGi7 How did you un-hide everything on C? Unhide.exe from bleepingcomputers. http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/grinler/unhide.exe
I will try SFC, second link in the thread just looks like something showing you how to show hidden files rather than telling you what was hidden. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Q6600@3.0 Motherboard Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Memory 8gb Corsair Graphics Card eVGA 640mb 8800gts Screen Resolution 1920x1200 PSU Rosewill 850W Hard Drives WD Caviar 1TB |
17 Jun 2011
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You should have just enabled "Show Hidden Files and Folders" in Folder Options so you could have easily put it back. I'm not sure how you're going to find the list of hidden files. And if you do, that's going to be a painful manual process of click on the properties of each file and hiding it. I would recommend in the future seeking advice on the forum here on how to remove a virus to prevent situations like this. | My System Specs | | OS XP / Win7 x64 Pro CPU Intel Quad-Core Q9450 @ 3.2GHz Motherboard Asus P5-E Memory 2x2GB GSkill DDR2 Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS (EVGA) Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2408WFP Screen Resolution 1920x1200 |
17 Jun 2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet) Charlotte, NC |
You will not be able to rehide the files that were hidden before. We are talking about literally thousands of files across the system.
Use System Restore to go back to a point before the virus. SFC doesn't help you hide or unhide files. Don't bother.
Showing hidden files wouldn't have helped either, because you wouldn't have known what to unhide.
There is another tool on the BleepingComputer site that would have fixed this. I know because I have used it on several customer's computers with the same virus. I'm not going to mention that tool by name here, because people freak out when others are told to use it without "supervision" (which has become sort of silly). That should be enough info to help you find it should you need it again. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet) CPU 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo E8400 Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K/EPU Rev 1.xx Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Sound Card Built in HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 22" Gateway LCD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech G11 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 Hard Drives ST3160023A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, rev 8.01, ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 2, rev 3.AAK
ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, rev 3.AAK Internet Speed 13.44 Mbps |
18 Jun 2011
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There's nothing wrong with anything, I took care of what i needed to in a few minutes. I just want to rehide what was originally hidden. Because I want to. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 x64 CPU Q6600@3.0 Motherboard Gigabyte P35C-DS3R Memory 8gb Corsair Graphics Card eVGA 640mb 8800gts Screen Resolution 1920x1200 PSU Rosewill 850W Hard Drives WD Caviar 1TB |
18 Jun 2011
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#9 | | Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet) Charlotte, NC |

Quote: Originally Posted by Celeras There's nothing wrong with anything, I took care of what i needed to in a few minutes. I just want to rehide what was originally hidden. Because I want to. And as I stated clearly, you will NOT be able to accomplish that task. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet) CPU 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo E8400 Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K/EPU Rev 1.xx Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Sound Card Built in HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 22" Gateway LCD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech G11 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 Hard Drives ST3160023A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, rev 8.01, ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 2, rev 3.AAK
ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, rev 3.AAK Internet Speed 13.44 Mbps |
19 Jun 2011
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet) Charlotte, NC |

Quote: Originally Posted by seavixen32 This doesn't rehide files...it simply turns on or off whether you can see hidden files or not. That isn't what the OP is asking for. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom OS Windows 7 Ultimate RTM (Technet) CPU 3.00 gigahertz Intel Core2 Duo E8400 Motherboard ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K/EPU Rev 1.xx Memory 4GB Graphics Card ATI Radeon X1950 Pro Sound Card Built in HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays 22" Gateway LCD Screen Resolution 1920 x 1200 Keyboard Logitech G11 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 5000 Hard Drives ST3160023A [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, rev 8.01, ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 2, rev 3.AAK
ST3500630AS [Hard drive] (500.11 GB) -- drive 1, rev 3.AAK Internet Speed 13.44 Mbps What files are hidden by default in Windows 7? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:43 PM. | |