Hi, My AVG popped up with several malware popups, next minuite all my desktop icons, files and folders have disappeared, includeing the control panel list.
i can sill find my files if searching for them so they are still there but hidden
I haven't created a backup restore point on this pc
Any help will be much appreciated
Well Here are a few things i could suggest.
Did your virus have anything to do with FakeHDD?
If it did this should help.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/down...i-virus/unhide
I think there is also a command in command prompt to un-hide as well. It was posted by Brink on this forum ill have to find it.
Hope this helps
Thanks for the reply. I managed to restore it back to a couple of days ago even though i never made a restore point.
IT fixed most of the problem, but music and pictures were still missing. or showing as ghost if i ticked show hidden folders.
The link you posted got them back :)
Many Thanks for the help
can you recommend some good virus scanners? i have AVG
you may pick either one from MSE Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows and avast! | Download Free Antivirus Software or Internet Security and to keep away from malwares Malwarebytes : Free anti-malware, anti-virus and spyware removal download mbam is a good choice.
also do a SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker and restart upon finding violations.
I am very glad it worked :)
Good luck with finding good virus scanners :)
Also some people have trouble uninstalling avg so you might google "AVG removal tool" if you have trouble getting it off.
I also suggest you try to get it off as two virus scanners will probably conflict with each other.
Good luck :)
I suggest you remove AVG via the link below.
Use Microsoft Security Essentials instead.
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Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows
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