husker B-rent Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 ok the next and most likely way to fix this is to use a program on it. http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/anti-virus/unhide download that and click on it to run it and it should change everything back to what it was before the malware. i have used this on a few client computers in the past and it seems to work pretty well. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 the first set of steps didnt unhide your files? Yes. I totally forgot about that shortcut. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 ok the next and most likely way to fix this is to use a program on it. http://www.bleepingc...ti-virus/unhide download that and click on it to run it and it should change everything back to what it was before the malware. i have used this on a few client computers in the past and it seems to work pretty well. Is this freeware? Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 Won't let me download this. I click on it and it does nothing. Might try to download from another CPU. Quote Link to comment
husker B-rent Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 do a google search for unhide.exe and find one that will let you download it. should give you multiple options and yes its freeware Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 1, 2012 Author Share Posted April 1, 2012 do a google search for unhide.exe and find one that will let you download it. should give you multiple options and yes its freeware tried that still didn't work. Fact is, I other issues as well. So I will just back up the files and format it. I lost my firefox browser. Unistalled and reinstalled, but still have the same issue. Just tired of fookin with it. Quote Link to comment
zoogs Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 1) Find or buy a blank CD-R 2) Burn Ubuntu to the CD. 3) When starting up your computer, hit whatever F1-F12 key gets you into the boot selection screen and boot from the CD. 4) View all your files and back them up to an external. I guess that's already been suggested! Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I will probably start my back-up and format tomorrow. Again, thanks everybody. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Did a re-install of windows 7 home premium. Unfortunetly I lost the activation key or at least the one I was able to recoveer from the computer didn't work. Said it was an invalid code. Quote Link to comment
Lyons in the Sea of Red. Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Did a re-install of windows 7 home premium. Unfortunetly I lost the activation key or at least the one I was able to recoveer from the computer didn't work. Said it was an invalid code. Call microsoft and tell them that your hard drive was wiped and that you lost your microsoft programs. They will often just give you a new product key. This happens to kids on campus and they just have to call and microsoft just sends them a new product key and are good to go. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted April 5, 2012 Author Share Posted April 5, 2012 Any got the phone number to call. I ended up with pc health tech support. Quote Link to comment
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