How to view Hidden Folder by Virus (Win32:Atraps-PZ[Trojan])

HFV (Hidden Folder Virus) Cleaner Pro

A Small Utility programmed to destroy Win32:Atraps-PZ[Trojan] 

Most of us uses pen drives and some may have this virus in their pendrives as well as in their hard drives. One sign that you are actually infected is the you can find a peculiar shortcut in your drive. It will be an .ink file and you will be forced to open the shortcut to see the contents of your pen drive. It’s a hectic task to remove the virus manually and it would be a difficult task for the beginners. The main problem of this particular virus is that it infects so often that we should repeat the task again and again.

So here are some precautions and solution for the problem.

Precautions :

1. Defend your system: You should put on a popular Antivirus software to defend such viruses.And that’s not it, update it regularly too. Its the number one priority.
2. Assign specialised software to do the stuff: Users should also be aware that viruses, worms, malware and all are generated daily and one single protection from an anti virus may not always be helpful. So install secondary defense mechanisms specialised to do such stuff like malwarebytes.

Solutions :

1. The basic stuff : This involves a “command prompt”. Now click “start”, “run”, “type CMD” “type the drive letter of your flash drive or external hard disk and a colon after it “eg F:” Once done type this attribute “attrib f:*.* /d /s -h -r -s”. You should see your files now and Shortcut Virus must be removed.However, in some occasion using this method returns an access denied error. This problem is common on hard disk that uses NTFS this is rare on Flash drives (FAT & FAT32).
2. Do the ‘MalwareBytes’ scan. This usually fixes.
3. Shortcut virus remover – HFV Cleaner Pro :  HFV Hidden Folder Virus is my favorite shortcut virus remover. It is easy to use and you don’t need to install it in your system because it works as a standalone application. If run in the first time, it will prompt you to enter your desired password. HFV can disinfect and remove shortcut virus both from internal and portable devices. To clean your Hard Drive, Folder, Files or Portable device just simply click the “ADD” or “BROWSE”, select the desired drive, folder or file, then choose the “Delete Virus” after that click  “Unhide Files” to recover your files. That’s how easy HFV removes shortcut virus.