Some do, some don't. Since many viruses hide in .zip archives, you want an antivirus program that knows enough to look inside them.
Some antivirus programs have a folder which may be named something like "virus vault", "virus chest", "quarantine", etc. These folders are special folders that the program sets so files inside them cannot run or access other files. The point behind these folders is that by moving viruses and other malicious files into them, they can't run and can't harm your system. Usually, it's a good idea to delete the files in this folder using your antivirus if they can't be disinfected.
they can access certen programs and can see ur passwords
It is not a virus. Desktop.ini is a file that keeps track of other files, and views of folders.
Depends on how the virus is coded and what its created to target.
The reson for this is so that it can block you for getting a virus scanner and removing the the virus by downloading one from a website. You may also be blocked from programs and folders. If this happens call Microsoft support or apple support and they should be able to help you.
The Virus that creates duplicate replicate of folders with con names of the original files with .exe extension is known as Trojan-proxy. If you have a anti virus installed, then uninstall it, because it is not doing any good. Download and install AVG Free and do a complete computer scan. It will remove the virus with 100% certainty.
If you are able to hook the drive up to a clean system, do not run any programs that are on the infected disk. You may then be able to run a virus scan on the infected disk and clear up any virus's it contains. If you can't scan the whole disk, or the scan isn't successful in fixing or quarantining the virus, run another virus scan on the folders you need to retrieve data from. If these folders are clean, you can then drag them onto your good drive.
Trojan Goat
Answer Why not burn your saved folders to a CD or DVD that way you are sure to have them if your computer gets a virus and you can't open it.
Yes you need to have the latest antivirus and anti spyware programs so you would need to download it from another computer which has internet access. Without a good antivirus is would be virtually impossible to remove a virus
I had this same problem for months, its most likely the anti-virus, like Norton. That's what I had. I Uninsulated it and my computer let my programs access the Internet. Simple as that.
Some virus protection programs are Bitdefender they won the 2013 Gold award for this year.There is also Vipre and Norton Anti-virus programs just to mention a few.