[arion69]

So I tried accessing my 500gb WD external hard drive when all I found inside was a shortcut to the drive itself. I did a scan with Microsoft Security Essentials and it detected something called Gamarue.O. Now the files inside my drive won't show up, even though they're still in in according to the explorer. Any advice on how to the recover files? Thanks in advance.

 

[jlhawn]

Malwarebytes is a better program and the basic version is free.
google it and download it and run it.
I fixed my wifes system with it as she is always on stupid facebook
and gets crap from it.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/
here is the link

 

[arion69]

Thanks. Can I run this alongside MSE? Forgot to mention I'm on W7 64bit.

 

[jlhawn]

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Originally Posted by arion69

Thanks. Can I run this alongside MSE? Forgot to mention I'm on W7 64bit.

yep all of my systems are on windows 7 pro 64bit and my wifes is also.

 

[Socks keep you warm]

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Originally Posted by arion69

Thanks. Can I run this alongside MSE? Forgot to mention I'm on W7 64bit.

Just going to put it out there, MSE is by far the worst AV program to date.
Download Comodo which is free and much much better.

 

[jlhawn]

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Originally Posted by Socks keep you warm

Just going to put it out there, MSE is by far the worst AV program to date.
Download Comodo which is free and much much better.

you got that right. thanks for posting this as i forgot.

 

[arion69]

I've actually never experienced anything bad with MSE. This drive came back from my sister, and she's pretty ignorant when it comes to things like responsible browsing and downloading.

 

[jlhawn]

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Originally Posted by arion69

I've actually never experienced anything bad with MSE. This drive came back from my sister, and she's pretty ignorant when it comes to things like responsible browsing and downloading.

I never did either but it could be better.
I don't use any such programs as my anti-virus security suit
as everything in it.

 

[arion69]

So I've scanned the drive with Malwarebytes and found those harmful files, but my drive's contents are still hidden, and the Show Hidden Files box is already ticked. I can still find the files via search bar though. Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[cam51037]

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Originally Posted by arion69

So I've scanned the drive with Malwarebytes and found those harmful files, but my drive's contents are still hidden, and the Show Hidden Files box is already ticked. I can still find the files via search bar though. Anyone know how to fix this?

Are you looking to recover some of the files, or delete them?

If you're looking to delete the files, you can use a program called Eraser, which will format the drive multiple times to make sure the files are ALL gone, no chance of recovery left.

You can choose what kind of delete to use, some of them include apparently what the Army and Air Force use to format their drives.

Edit: Oops, big fail to read all of OP is big fail.

Not sure on how to recover the files, but I'll leave my post up in case you decide to format the drive instead.

 

[jlhawn]

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Originally Posted by arion69

So I've scanned the drive with Malwarebytes and found those harmful files, but my drive's contents are still hidden, and the Show Hidden Files box is already ticked. I can still find the files via search bar though. Anyone know how to fix this?

mmm i'm not sure how to correct that as yours is the first
i ever heard of doing this.
I will do some searching and see what I find.
or monday I can contact my friend who works
for intel in Arizona and is Microsoft certified.
my wife works for intel here in Washington state but
she's a buyer so she won't be any help.
my friend in Az though he was up here 2 years ago and spent 2 weeks
at Microsoft getting certified.

 

[jlhawn]

also if you have another drive maybe try to copy from one drive to another and then see if the files show up.

 

[arion69]

Fixed! Turns out that the worm put my files in a sort of hidden folder marked as a protected operating system file. I just unticked the "Hide Protected Operating System Files" in folder options and found that hidden folder. Still, thanks for the helpful answers! +rep

 

[jlhawn]

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Originally Posted by arion69

Fixed! Turns out that the worm put my files in a sort of hidden folder marked as a protected operating system file. I just unticked the "Hide Protected Operating System Files" in folder options and found that hidden folder. Still, thanks for the helpful answers! +rep

oh i already thought you had that setting, I have all my computers set too show any and all files as
I'm the only one that works with the files.
glad you got though.