If the folders become labels

A very common problem is when all of your folders are labeled on your USB flash drive. If you have faced this and are looking for a solution to this problem, then you have come to the right place. In fact, this is not the most terrible problem that can happen, and eliminate it will not make any problems. Just do not think of anything to remove from your media, because your data is not lost anywhere and are in their place.

A specific virus hides the folders on your flash drive. More precisely, this Trojan program (Backdoor.win32.ruskill). How does it work? Everything is very simple. It masquerades as directories that you have. Instead, the Trojan made its own labels. This process is implemented with the help of a worm. Real directories just became hidden. But do not try to run these shortcuts for your data. It's not for nothing that the folders have become labels. They are capable of doing great troubles on your computer.

Of course, if you do not have any valuable information on the flash drive, or a copy of it already exists elsewhere, you can safely format it. In this case, the shortcuts for the folders that the Trojan has created are deleted along with the data. But if they can not be restored from nowhere, then read on.

So, what do you need to do if the folders become labels? This trouble can be eliminated in several ways. There is a lot of software, but we will consider the manual method. The anti-virus should detect a viral agent. If this does not happen, start it and scan your USB flash drive. If he does not find anything, change it to another one. After that, go into the computer through the explorer and find the service tab at the top of the panel. Run this menu and select the properties of the folder. Select a section of the view where you need to remove the checkmark from the hiding point of the protected system files, and then check the box next to the hidden files and folders display.

If you did everything correctly, go to your drive, where you will find your folders hidden by the insidious Trojan before. Create new catalogs whose names will be almost identical with those that were hidden. After that, go to each directory that was hidden, and copy all the data to the newly created objects. After that, empty folders are to be deleted. If your antivirus program does not delete the RECYCLER directory, do it yourself. All is a problem when the folders become labels, solved.

You can also, just in case, check the remaining traces of enemy software. They can take place. In the user folder app data (for Piggy) or roaming (for Seven), see that there was no executable consisting of an unrelated set of letters and numbers. If you find it - immediately delete it. This is an executable virus file.

Also it will not hurt to look at the registry. Start the start menu and in the execution window, type regedit. Go to the HKEY_CURENT_USERS \ Softwares \ Mikrosoft \ Window \ CurrentVersions \ Run section, where you also need to remove a similar name for the virus. This concludes the procedure of neutralization. Your computer is now completely clean and not contagious. Just in case, perform a full scan of it with your antivirus program.