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Anti-Virus detecting E:\RECYCLER , but nothing found in E Drive.
We all know that upon changing the folder view options in win7 , we get to see $Recycle.Bin folder and system volume information folder present in each drive, which are part of the system & definately not viruses .
And as far as i know -
$Recycle.bin folders holds on to those files which we delete from windows explorer to the recycle bin in c drive.
$Recycle.bin holds on to those files until we delete them from the c drive recycle bin.
System volume information contain files that are responsible for the restore point for our system.
Now im gonna talk about the RECYCLER thingy. im using windows 7 (64bit) .
My Hard Disk has 3 partitions (C, D & E)
On 16th Oct 2013 while scanning with my Anti-Virus , the scan didn't work properly that day. I mean earlier it used to scan all my partitions . But that day (16th oct) it only scanned the C Drive partially and not fully.
The next day , the scan again started to work . and while the scan was in progress , it scanned the location E:\RECYCLER . Earlier when i used to scan it never detected any E:\RECYCLER.
Anyway after the scan finished , the scan result was "No Virus Found"
... After the scan, i went to my E Drive and found no RECYCLER folders or any file by that name.
My "Show hidden files and folders" option was already enabled.
and my "Hide Protected Operating System Files" option was already disabled.
So even if there is any hidden RECYCLER folders i would be able to see it by now , but i couldn't find anything by the name RECYCLER in my E Drive.
I even tried to search the file from the start menu , but nothing.
Im seriously worried . Could it be a super hidden RECYCLER virus that has been succesfull in hiding itself bypassing all the folder view options ?? and maybe it was responsible for not letting the scan feature of my antivirus work properly.
Any Help appreciated.
Last edited by sevenshaven; 18 Oct 2013 at 04:48.