Problem in Opening a Drive in mycomputer

[davidson1]

Hai friends..

i am using windows XP,when i click mycomputer a window opens...in that if i click c or d or any drive,,,,,immed iately it opens "open with" dialog box.....but not the files in c or d drive....what will be the problem..pl help me...how to solve it....

Davidson

[AmberJain]

Hello,

1. Open My computer.
2. Goto Tools --> Folder Options --> View
3. Select option "Show hidden files and folders".
4. Also, uncheck the option "Hide Protected Operating system files (Recommended)"
5. Click "Apply" and then click OK.
6. In My computer, click on 'folders' button on below menu bar (near search button).
7. In left pane, click on C:, D:, E: etc and search for all files named "autorun.in f" in all the drives and delete ALL of them.
8. Reboot (although this is not strictly required).

Hope this helps....
AmbrNewlearner

[davidson1]

Thank u ambr....

as u said...i did ur steps in tools......i also went to search files....and gave "autorun.in f" and also deleted the many files..when i delete some files..it shows a error "cannot delete file" and also i rebooted.....

when i click shared documents in mycomputer it opens well...but not the drive...drive exists the same problem...

can u help me....

[AmberJain]

Hello,

Download Unlocker and install it.
Now that you had showed the hidden files, simply goto different non removable drives (c: , d: etc.) on your computer and look for files named aurorun.inf. Right click them and click 'Unlocker'. Then follow as instructed on unlocker's website.

Remember you must delete all autorun.inf from all the drives i.e. delete all files such as:
c:\autorun.inf
d:\autorun.inf
e:\autorun.inf

Hope this helps....
AmbrNewlearner

[davidson1]

thank u ampr....
this time...i searched autorun.inf in search files..2 autorun file came..i deleted both of that...as u said..i install the unlocker..also. ...because no autorun file is there...i didnt use unlocker...is it corrrect???

i rebooted the systemm..still the problem exists...

any solution ampr........... ..............h elp me............. ............... .......

[AmberJain]

Hello,

thank u ampr....
this time...i searched autorun.inf in search files..2 autorun file came..i deleted both of that...as u said..i install the unlocker..also. ...because no autorun file is there...i didnt use unlocker...is it corrrect???

i rebooted the systemm..still the problem exists...

any solution ampr........... ..............h elp me............. ............... .......

There had been a lot of such cases that I handled personally which were all caused due to autorun.inf file. Either autorun.inf is regenerating itself or it probably not deleted. In either of cases I will like to have a screenshot of processes tab in task manager before I suggest anything.

Waiting for you to put a screenshot of task manager....
AmbrNewlearner

[davidson1]

surely....i put....the screenshot....b ut i dont know how to put it............. ..

[AmberJain]

Hello,

Upload the pics to some image hosting site (e.g. TinyPic) and put the URL of the image in this thread inside IMG tags i.e. [IMG]put_image_url_h ere[/IMG].

Hope this helps....
AmbrNewlearner

[davidson1]

Thank u ampr...pl check in the following link

http://i36.tinypic.com/2zsqlv7.jpg

or




pl help me....thank u.............. .....

[AmberJain]

Hello,

I saw the screenshot and as it appears to me then there's nothing malicious running on your PC (although I may be wrong). I will like you to do this all again:

1. Open My computer.
2. Goto Tools --> Folder Options --> View
3. Select option "Show hidden files and folders".
4. Also, uncheck the option "Hide Protected Operating system files (Recommended)"
5. Click "Apply" and then click OK.
6. In My computer, click on 'folders' button on below menu bar (near search button).
7. In left pane, click on C:, D:, E: etc and search for all files named "autorun.in f" in all the drives and delete ALL of them.
8. Reboot (although this is not strictly required).

Remember you must delete all autorun.inf from all the drives i.e. delete all files such as:
c:\autorun.inf
d:\autorun.inf
e:\autorun.inf

Report back all the results...

Hope this helps....
AmbrNewlearner

[davidson1]

Thank u ampr...

i got something new now.....

when i went to Tools-> folder options->view

when i give "Show Hidden files and folders" and press Applly..and ok...
and after giving it if i verify it again....
automatically it checks "do not show hidden files....." and "show hidden files..." is unchecked....

what could be the problem...

could u pl help me,,,,,,

[AmberJain]

Hello,

I can smell something malicious now (although task manager shows different results). As I dont have access to your system, I will advice you to install xp from scratch.

AmbrNewlearner

[fndofu]

Hi Davidson....

Open COMMAND prompt
goto C:\
type
"attrib -s -h -r autorun.inf"
the type
"del autorun.inf"
reboot now...

Do the same for all the drives which is infected....
That's it....You will be able to open ur drive without any problem now....

[davidson1]

Thank u fndofu......

Your answer was exactly correct........ ....it is working for me............. ...............

can u explain me.........this below 2

attrib -s -h -r autorun.inf
del autorun.inf


!!!............ ............... ........THANKS A LOT............ .....!!!!

[AmberJain]

Hello,

attrib -s -h -r autorun.inf
del autorun.inf

The first line removes the system, hidden and read-only attributes (if any) from the file autorun.inf while the second line deletes the file autorun.inf (as it is no more a hidden/read-only/system file.

Hope this helps...
AmbrNewlearner