is it virus or what??

fun2sh · 18-05-2007, 06:19 PM

help me guys.i hav got a problem.
wel i m usin XP with sp2. the problem is that wen i double click on any of the drives in MY COMPUTER it shows me a dialouge box named

"WINDOWS XP SETUP"
"Please go to the Control panel to install and configure system components"

also i m not able to change the "show hidden files n folder options" from the folder option. changin it does not shows me the hidden files n wen i again go back to folder option , "donot show hidden files ...." is already selected. is it a virus which is preventin the hidden files from being seen.

help plz

Help Plz

Kiran.dks · 18-05-2007, 08:08 PM

Quote:

the problem is that wen i double click on any of the drives in MY COMPUTER it shows me a dialouge box named

"WINDOWS XP SETUP"
"Please go to the Control panel to install and configure system components"

This problem occurs due to "autorun.inf" in the Drive's main directory.
To solve it:
1. Right-click the drive and select "Open",
2. Now look for "autorun.inf" and delete it.
3. Restart Windows.

Your problem must be solved.

fun2sh · 18-05-2007, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiran_tech_mania

This problem occurs due to "autorun.inf" in the Drive's main directory.
To solve it:
1. Right-click the drive and select "Open",
2. Now look for "autorun.inf" and delete it.
3. Restart Windows.

Your problem must be solved.

ok i got u. but the files r still hidden n i cannot see the autorun.inf file.
though typin " C:\autorun.inf " does shows that there is autorun.inf file on each drive. but how has it been created on each drive???? also how can i delete autorun.inf file as it is still hidden. I CANT CHANGE THE HIDDEN FILE OPTIONS FROM FOLDER OPTIONS

Kiran.dks · 18-05-2007, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fun2sh

also i m not able to change the "show hidden files n folder options" from the folder option. changin it does not shows me the hidden files n wen i again go back to folder option , "donot show hidden files ...." is already selected. is it a virus which is preventin the hidden files from being seen.

help plz

Help Plz

This is problem due to virus infection. Your PC may be infected now or recovered from infection, but registry got corrupted/altered.

1. Peform a full scan of the system using a good antivirus software in "safe mode".
2. Now restart Windows in normal mode.
3. Start>Run> regedit and press enter
4. Propogate to :

Code:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

In the right panel, look for the value "Hidden" . Right-click it and modify it to 1.

5. Now copy and paste this registry entries in a notepad:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden]
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30499"
"Type"="group"
"Bitmap"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\
00,25,00,5c,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,53,00,\
48,00,45,00,4c,00,4c,00,33,00,32,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,34,00,00,\
00
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51131"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\NOHIDDEN]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30501"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000002
"ValueName"="Hidden"
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51104"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL]
"RegPath"="Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Advanced"
"Text"="@shell32.dll,-30500"
"Type"="radio"
"CheckedValue"=dword:00000001
"ValueName"="Hidden"
"DefaultValue"=dword:00000002
"HKeyRoot"=dword:80000001
"HelpID"="shell.hlp#51105"

6. Now save it on desktop as folder.txt. Change the extension of the notepad from "txt" to "reg". i.e. folder.txt to folder.reg. The notepad will become registry entry.

7. Right-Click on this file and select "Merge". The registry entry gets added up into the registry.

8. Log-off and log-in Windows again.

Now "Show Hidden Files" Option ticked will be sustained.