HELP : partitions not opening

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PhOeNiX

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i was in my hostel when my friend call me to his room. NHis disc drives are not opening through My Computer . It shows the "open With " dialogue box if u double click,right click>open/explore the 2 partitions .



the partitions open wen typed in the adress bar . also , the hidden files have hidden themselves too well too. If i enable the "View Hidden Files and Folder" option , and i click ok , it reverts back to do not show hidden files and folders. AVG is unable to detect anything.

any suggestions ???
 
this keeps happening to my pen drive everytime it gets cleaned of any infections.even i'm clueless as to how to get rid of this. maybe something to do with windows system files/drivers.
 
download a software called winxp manager from yamicsoft..it has an option to repair this type of error if i remember properly....
 
I think when it says open with, say open with explorer, or windows explorer..maybe he's just accidentally deleted the association.
 
well i dont know man...this guy is a very low profile user of the pc, just some regular movies and shyt , nuthing else.......and i think it is sum infection, coz first one partition went berzerk , and then the main system partion went off after a interval of 1 day.....
 
Man, sure this is a virus issue. If you have Norton, install and go for a thorough clean. Tried a lot of googling, but not getting any perfect solution of your problem.
 
i know.....tried norton , avg everything.......seems to be a new trojan , coz those chaps are very hard to ID and remove......lesse.....maybe formatting is the way to go, but th DVD drive on the lappy is crapped up , so no way to install OS.....lol
 
This happens a lot with my pen drive.

try this :

go to

my computer> tools>folder options >view tab.

Click Show Hidden files and folders and

Uncheck "hide pretected OS files".

Now go to the partition( i.e explore the partition) and delete the "autorun.inf" file.

This works with my PD,if its the same infection,it shud work for u too.

Hope it helps.

EDIT : Just read this :
If i enable the "View Hidden Files and Folder" option , and i click ok , it reverts back to do not show hidden files and folders. AVG is unable to detect anything.
Click to expand...

I think the "Heap" virus disabled the hidden files and folders thing.

Does he get an error message if he tries to access Firefox/Orkut/Youtube ?
 
nope.........everything else is fine........well lets see if i can get the USB stick edition of XP , so i can format his PC.
 
This is a common Virus doing rounds..Its all over my college too..I think you can open it by rightclick->open..

To remove the Heap Virus, use Kaspersky Internet security or Mcafee.. These are the only 2 things which worked for me..

After removing the infected file you get an error saying heap41.txt is missing, do you wanna replace it.. click no everytime you boot ! :D I still dont know the solution for this prob though..

Also try fixing drive errors.
 
The autorun.inf part reminds me of one of the variants of the W32.Fujacks virus/worm..
@Phoenix: See if u can open the partitions thru windows explorer by clicking on them in the 'Left Navigation Pane'.. If yes it may be the Fujacks..

But dunno abt the 'Show hidden files' not working..

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EDIT : Oh sorry, just saw that this thread is arnd 2 wks old.. :ashamed: So i guess Phoenix u may have got the prob solved by now sumhow..
 
Get kaspersky and remove that virus,

if want to open that folder, click on browse and select explorer during the open with dialog box.
 
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