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Lately memory cards, such as used in digital cameras, have been used as 'carriers' of malware. The card is easy to clean. Your system may not be.

by Leo A. Notenboom, © 2008

I have been having problems with hackers and viruses and the like and have one right now that avast will not find and superantispyware wont find either. I've tried in the past a range of virus scanners for it but to no success. its on a camera disc little SD memory card, and tries to spread to my hard drive and any other media anytime i connect it.

I was wondering what steps you would take in my position?

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There are a few things I would do, and they start out prettysimply.

With any disk that isn't your system disk you have a wonderfulopportunity to get rid of viruses and spyware fairly quickly andeasily.

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Reformat the card.

Presumably you have a card reader, and presumably that card, wheninserted, appears as another drive on your computer.

Reformat it. Remove any data you want to keep first, but thenreformat it.

That will erase everything from the card. Data. Viruses.Spyware. Everything.

If for some reason you cannot reformat it on your computer, thenonce again, copy off the data you want to keep, and use your camera orother device to reformat it; most have this as an option.

We talk about 'reformat and reinstall' as a last resort, or in somecases the only resort, to curing an infection on your system drive. Theproblem is that while this does eradicate the infection by erasingeverything, it erased everything, including your operatingsystem. You now have to reinstall, or perhaps recover from a backupimage that was created prior to the infection.

With other drives we have a little bit more flexibility. It stillreally is 'reformat and reinstall', but typically the 'reinstall' partis significantly less of a problem. You can copy all the pictures offof your camera's SD card, and reformat it without much effort. Evenother drives, such as external hard drives or internal hard disks, canbe treated the same way, though in these cases the problem is oftenwhere to copy the data, and making sure you also don't copy theinfection.

So that gets it off of your SD card.

But I'm still concerned.

Most viruses insert themselves into your system. Specifically, theycopy files onto your system drive, and insert themselves in varioussystem-related places like the registry. It's unclear how you've beenclearing this off once you've determined you've become infected. Infact, it sounds like the tools you have at hand haven't been able toclean it from your SD card, so I don't see how your system isn't stillinfected as well.

It's quite possible, then, that even after formatting your SD card,your still-infected system might not put the infection right back.

Unfortunately I don't have a silver bullet for this situation. Notall anti-malware programs catch every possible malware. I would, inyour shoes, run a variety of those tools, both anti-virus andanti-spyware, to attempt to clear off the infection.

If that still doesn't work, then you're faced with only onealternative.

Backup, reformat your system drive and reinstall everything.

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Hello Leo,
Thanks so much for the post of the question and answer! :)
I do have a card reader on my computer. I do have the option to reformat it. I also saw that I forgot to list how I know I am not infected by it right now, I have a wonderful solution on my system called deepfreeze. what it does is freeze the whole system in one state and reboots, then I can do whatever I like and if I see something like a virus I restart and get rid of it with a reboot. unfortunately without it running 24/7 I get attacked and have had to reformat once every 2-3 weeks for the last few months, even with running the anti virus firewall router anti spyware. just visiting sites like youtube and AOL.
The tools I use to get rid of viruses are as follows- avast anti virus, avg, super anti spyware, smitrem, smitfraud fix, kill process, spybot s&d ccleaner, coffee cup privacy cleaner, deepfreeze.. none running at the same time i.e. virus shields or firewall's. some how this virus got onto my system at one point and put itself on my camera disc before I reformatted my hard drive.
and with reformatting the whole camera drive I got some pictures I just cant replace. so im wondering if there's a way to find out which files are infected or if they all are
I believe I know who this particular virus is from an old ex friend, is there any way to maybe decode it enough to get it to an anti virus company so they can fix it with they're software?
Thanks so much Leo !! :)
Patrick

Patrick: copy your pictures to your computer, then burn them to a CD. Take the CD to a friend's PC to make sure you have the pictures. Then reformat the memory card on the camera, as Leo told you to do.

Also: pick one anti-virus program and live with it.

Gord, But what if this particular virus embeds itself into a picture (jpeg, etc.)? Wouldn't it spread to the friend's computer?

Leo, there's something he needs to do before he sticks the card into his computer to reformat it: TURN OFF AUTORUN! That's presumably how the virus spreads in the first place, with an 'autorun' program on the card. You did discuss this in this article, but maybe you need a separate one on how to turn autorun off, and why it's such a good idea..

*grumble* -- you have your MT set to kill off links, I guess. The 'this article' in my comment linked here:
http://ask-leo.com/is_it_safe_to_connect_a_drive_infected_with_a_virus_to_my_computer.html

The way i see it is that some viruses are easily destroyed in safe mode. If you can load everything on your card onto your local hardrive and switch to safe mode. You also need to find the name of the virus you can, if you can find information about the virus; its behaviour etc, the easier you can get rid of it. I would also like to point out that formatting a hardrive every now and then kind of shortens its life span.

The easiest way to remove these kinda viruses is to download live one care.
go to http://www.killviruses.net to delete these virsues. It has the free trail on the website.

I have got a canon camera with 4 gb memory card.
Now if i put the card in a card reader it is showing the icon down on the desktop, but not listing the drive in My Computer or showing any contents. Is it affected by a virus? If so how to remove it?

Its better you can use virus removal software from this site http://www.virusremovalsoftwares.org/

I have brought new 4GB Micro sd card for my mobile phone , but the card has now got virus in it , if i format also it is not going out , what should i do.
How can i remove virus from it.

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Hi I have compaq prasario c772tu with win xp sp2, when i connect any removable device, the system shows there is no device in drive please insert a dis, but works. how can i solove the problem

Hi i have brought 4gb micro scandisk memory card for my mobile ,but its not working if i take photo it shows format not supported if i create folder in it the format of folder changes , anything copied from PC to card there is change in the format . i cant delete the folder created also. I tried to format it but still its the same.

ok! this articles was nor helpfull to me! my merory ard is on my mobile phone. I FORMATTED IT MANY TIMES FROM MY MOBILE. but when i join it to computer it tells that the disk is not formatted and i try to format my card from computer but then tells' the formatt is incomplete' . And my phone also shut off and on automatically when inserting card on toit. please help me.mail me at [email address removed]

hei. i juxt want to axk that wheneve i tried to reformat me micro sd card it says unable to complete. when i tried to erase all the datas. it will only be gone a few seconds. and when i still inserted it the data still remains. i know it has virus but how can i re4mat it?

the memory card was working normaly on my phone suddenly it starts to show every time i want to go to memory card that ' memory card not formated do u want to format memory card ' & i am afraid to format it so that i will lose all my data
so leo what is the solution

hi, pls help me, my mmc memory card was eaten by a virus, i'm not familiar with the virus but i think it was a comwarrior that comes into mutation that makes it even stronger that my avast anti virus can't even rid of it. it just says unreadable or unknown format. it can't even be formatted either.. please help me.

i agree with u Leo in what u said but there are one comment why we cant not remove the virus directly without format the card ,as i know there memory card is like the excess hard on the computer .
then there is no problem to treat it with the same way

i have a virus in my memory card i want to remove virus and download anti virus

i have a virus in my memory card i want to remove virus and download anti virus

how to remove a malware from memory card as i tried to format it but its not allowing me to do that it has also affected my computer and im using avira antivirus but it also cant remove it,plz help me out..

i agree with u Leo in what u said but there are one comment why we cant not remove the virus directly without format the card ,as i know there memory card is like the excess hard on the computer .
then there is no problem to treat it with the same way

i want to remove virus from memory card without formatting plz help me

how can i remove virus from my sd card i am not able to format it

i want to remove virus from my memory card but the virus is not leting me to do it. any antivirus is not working and when i delete files from the memory card it is deleted afterwards it is again recovered..

i tried to format it but it tells format completed but the things remains in memory card..... they are not deleted pls help...

my mmc card doesnt delete or formating the files. please help me to format or to move the virus on my mmc card

when i take any file from my pc after formatting after 2-3 weeks in my video folder of my mmc sd card a file appears as 'dummy.tmp' which does't open's in the phone when i delete it many problems appears as like the sound does't change untill i restart and again after 2-3 weeks the file comes back.Is it a virus?

i try to reformat my memory card but still there is file that cannot be erase .how can i erase it??

@Jean
If you are using the format command, Right clicking on the memory card in Windows Explorer and choosing format you should be able to format the card without any problems. If you make sure that the write protect tab is in the unlock position, you should be able to format the card unless there is physical damage to the card or card slot.
Since you mention that a file is unable to be erased, I'll assume you are deleting files and not actually formatting the card. There is a free utility that allows you to delete locked files called Unlocker Assistant which works in the vast majority of cases.

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/1029-unlocker.html

I have an 8GB memory card.I try again and again to formate this card but all in vain.my pc could not found the drive...

I know i can reformat my SD card but how do i get my pictures off first? I know they are there but i cant see them and access them? Norton virus scan scans them but I can't find them. What can i do?

i read your suggestion can i get my file in my memory card if it had a virus.

my casio exilim got virus and im unable to see my files everytime i plug in the cam on the computer. Its only contain of virus files that can't open. what can i do to solve this kind of problem?

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This post illustrates solutions for how to show hidden files/folders in USB flash drive, pen drive, and SD memory card. If the ways to unhide files in USB and SD card don’t help, you can download and try Power Data Recovery from MiniTool software to recover hidden files on your USB drive and memory card.

In this post, you can learn how to show hidden files and folders on USB or SD card. In case the solutions provided below don’t help you unhide these files, you can also learn how to recover hidden files on USB or memory card by using a professional free USB/SD card recovery software program – MiniTool Power Data Recovery.

How to Show Hidden Files and Folders in USB Flash Drive or SD Card

The 3 methods introduced below can help you show hidden files and folders in USB flash drive, pen drive. As for how to find hidden files on SD card, you can use the same three ways since they also apply to revealing hidden files on memory card.

Method 1. Show Hidden Files in USB Attrib Command

You can open Windows Command Prompt and use Attrib command to show hidden files and folders in USB or SD card. You can check the detailed steps below.

Step 1. At first, you can connect your USB drive or SD card (via a card reader) to your Windows computer and make it well-connected. If your USB can’t be connected or recognized by computer, you can firstly check: Fix USB Flash Drive Not Recognized.

Next you can press Windows + R, type cmd in Windows Run dialog, and hit Enter to open elevated Command Prompt in Windows 10.

Step 2. Then you can type the attrib command line below, and replace E with the drive letter of your USB device. You need to press Enter button to execute the command after you type the command line.

attrib -h -r -s /s /d E:*.*

Then you can go back to the File Explorer in your Windows computer and open your USB device to see if you can view all the hidden files now. If using Attrib command doesn’t help in showing hidden files in USB flash drive, pen drive, SD card, you can try other solutions below.

Method 2: How to Unhide Files in USB or SD Card with File Explorer

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The second way you can try to view hidden files in USB or SD card is to use Windows File Explorer. Check the detailed steps below.

Beforehand, you still need to connect your USB drive or SD card to your Windows computer, and make it visible in File Explorer.

Step 1. You can click This PC or My Computer to open File Explorer on your Windows computer, and open your USB device. If needed, you should click the ^ icon at the top-right corner of File Explorer screen to open File Explorer menu bar.

Step 2. Next you can click View tab at the top and tick Hidden items option. Then you can check if you can see the hidden files in your USB flash drive, pen drive, SD card.

Alternatively, you can also click Options button at the menu bar to open File Explorer Folder Options window. Then click View tab, and find Show hidden files, folders, and drives option in Advanced settings. Tick this option to show hidden files and folders in your USB or SD card. If this doesn’t work, you can continue to try Method 3.

Method 3: Show Hidden Files in USB through Control Panel

The third way to unveil hidden files in USB or SD card is using Control Panel. You can follow the steps below.

Step 1. You can press Windows + R to open Windows Run, type control panel in Run box, and hit Enter to open Control Panel in Windows 10.

Step 2. In Control Panel window, you can click Appearance and Personalization -> File Explorer Options.

Step 3. In File Explorer Options window, you can tap View tab, and then find Show hidden files, folders, and drives and enable this option. At last, you can click Apply and click OK to save the changes.

By following one of the three methods above, you should see all hidden files and folders in your USB flash drive, pen drive or SD card. If they fail in helping you finding hidden files in USB or SD card, you have the last way to try: use MiniTool Power Data Recovery to recover hidden files in USB and SD card. You can check the detailed guide below.

How to Recover Hidden Files from USB or SD Card on Windows 10/8/7

MiniTool Power Data Recovery is a professional data recovery program for Windows 10/8/7. It is free, clean and safe. You can use it to restore hidden files in USB, SD memory card, external hard disk, or other storage devices with ease.

This best data recovery software can help you easily recover deleted files, folders, photos, videos, music, or any other data from USB, SD card, computer hard drive, external hard drive, SSD, etc.

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Step 1. Connect USB or SD Card to Computer

At first, you need to plug your USB flash drive/pen drive into one of your Windows computer USB port. If you are trying to recover hidden files in Android mobile SD card, you need to use an SD card reader to connect it to your computer.

Then you can launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery after you download and install it on your Windows 10/8/7 computer.

Step 2. Scan the USB or SD Card for Hidden Files

You should enter into the main interface of MiniTool Power Data Recovery now. You can click Removable Disk Drive in the left column and all connected and detected removable USB drive, pen drive, SD card, etc. will be displayed in the right column.

You can select your USB or SD card device in the right window, and click Scan button. This smart data recovery software will start scanning all the data on the chosen device incl. hidden files and folders.

Step 3. Recover Hidden Files on USB or SD Card

After the data scanning process finishes, you can see all files and folders in the USB or SD card are displayed in the scan result window, incl. deleted/lost/hidden files and folders on the device.

Then you can check the recovery result by file path or file type to find wanted files, select them, and click Save button to choose a new location on another drive to store the recovered files.

In this way, you can recover hidden files and folders due to virus from USB, SD card, PC, external hard drive, etc.

Other Features of MiniTool Power Data Recovery:

Settings: Before you click Scan button to start scanning the chosen device, you can click Settings button next to Scan to select the particular file types to scan.

Filter: You can click Filter button to sift the recovery result by file extension, file size, etc.

Find: To quickly find a specific file, you can click Find button to type a part of the file name to find the file.

Show lost files: To recover lost files from storage devices, you can click Show Lost Files to sift the recovery result to only display lost files.

Export scan result: You can choose to export the scan result, and load the scan result into the software next time to avoid a repeated scan.

How to Fix SD Card Files Not Showing on PC, Phone, Camera

When you try to check the SD card files on a phone, digital camera or computer, you see an empty or blank SD card, the causes might be the following.

• The SD card is unintentionally locked.
• The SD card files are hidden.
• SD card has some corruptions.
• The SD card is infected by unknown malware or virus.

You can try the following ways to fix files on SD card not showing up problem.

Fix 1. Unlock the SD Card

Some types of SD cards are designed with a Lock switch to prevent files from deleting or modifying by others. If you can view the files in camera but not on PC, you can unlock the SD card first and try again.

Fix 2. Modest mouse discography torrent kickass free. Scan and remove virus

If the SD card files are not showing up on computer, you can use Windows Defender or third-party antivirus software to scan and remove virus/malware in case the SD card has been infected by viruses.

Fix 3. Unhide files in SD card

If you can’t see SD card files on the computer, you can try the three methods above to show hidden files in SD card on Windows 10/8/7.

Fix 4. Repair SD card corruptions

If the SD card has some logical corruptions, you can run Windows CHKDSK utility to repair SD card errors.

• You can connect the corrupted SD card to your Windows computer via SD card reader.
• Next press Windows + R, type cmd, and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter to run Windows Command Prompt as administrator.
• Then type chkdsk *: /f /r in Command Prompt window, and hit Enter to fix SD card errors. “*” is the drive letter of your SD card.

How to fix my phone SD free? Check the 5 ways for repairing corrupted SD card on (Android) phones, and easily restore SD card data and files in 3 simple steps.

Fix 5. Update SD card device driver

You can connect your SD card to PC, open Device Manager in Windows 10, expand Disk drives in Device Manager window, and right-click your SD device to choose Update driver to update the device driver.

Fix 6. Recover SD card data and format the SD card

If the SD card files are still not showing up on PC, phone or camera, you can use a data recovery software program to restore files on SD card and then format the SD card for reuse.

As for how to recover files in SD card with MiniTool Power Data Recovery, you can check the guide above. It helps you recover data from corrupted/formatted SD card with ease.

How to format SD card on Mac without losing data? This tutorial provides 2 ways with step-by-step guide to format micro SD card on your Mac and keep your data.

Conclusion

In this post, we provide 3 methods to help you show hidden files and folders in USB and SD card, introduce how to recover hidden files on USB or SD card with MiniTool Power Data Recovery, as well as give some possible fixes to help your solve SD card files not showing up issue.

Should you have other problems about how to recover data with MiniTool Power Data Recovery, please contact [email protected].

Show/Recover Hidden Files FAQ

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1. You can click This PC to open File Explorer.
2. Click View -> Options to open Folder Options window.
3. Click View and enable Show hidden files, folders, and drives option.

1. You can open File Manager on Android, tap Menu -> Settings.
2. Scroll down to find Show hidden files option and turn it on.

1. Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery.
2. Select the storage device and select the drive where the hidden files locate. Click Scan button.
3. Then find and save the recovered hidden files and folders to a new location.

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