I ran into some malware that created a hidden folder under my users/account/AppData/Roaming/hiddenfolder
I enabled the option to view hidden files & folders but I still cannot see this folder. I can browse to it, if I manually type it in, and see all the files inside, but in the Roaming folder I cannot see it.
To test, I created another folder in my Roaming folder and set it to hidden, and I could see that folder.
More info about the folder the malware created:
- I cannot unset the folder to NOT hidden. When looking at the properties, the Hidden option is checked but greyed out.
- The folder does show up when listing the folders and files under the Roaming folder in command prompt using the "dir /A:H" command
- When trying to remove the hidden attribute, I get an error saying not resetting system file
- I removed all attributes and got to unhide the folder successfully by using "attrib C:\Users\account\AppData\Roaming\folder -s -h -r"
This seems kinda crazy that I have to go through this when I am the Administrator of the computer and I can't see a hidden folder. I wonder what other folders that malware may have created that I didn't know about.
What gives?
I enabled the option to view hidden files & folders but I still cannot see this folder. I can browse to it, if I manually type it in, and see all the files inside, but in the Roaming folder I cannot see it.
To test, I created another folder in my Roaming folder and set it to hidden, and I could see that folder.
More info about the folder the malware created:
- I cannot unset the folder to NOT hidden. When looking at the properties, the Hidden option is checked but greyed out.
- The folder does show up when listing the folders and files under the Roaming folder in command prompt using the "dir /A:H" command
- When trying to remove the hidden attribute, I get an error saying not resetting system file
- I removed all attributes and got to unhide the folder successfully by using "attrib C:\Users\account\AppData\Roaming\folder -s -h -r"
This seems kinda crazy that I have to go through this when I am the Administrator of the computer and I can't see a hidden folder. I wonder what other folders that malware may have created that I didn't know about.
What gives?