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Again i know this is the wrong section to post, but i know a lot of you here in the mesmer forums so yea.

SO this is what happened, my main drive would be D/ (main for my stuff, not the windows stuff)

Ever since that one day i lost control over this drive (sorta) For example, i wanna delete a suspicious file, i right click on the file, guess what? the delete option is missing! I tried using the toolbar too! highlight the file, File -> The delete option is not clickable.

Next problem, i cannot download anything

Chrome -> it always says failed download.
Torrent -> Could not write to disk (Which would make sense, because my Download folder is in D)

Tried Multiple scans, Kaspersky, Malwarebytes, could not get anything.

Also, System Restore is not working, The only drive i see there is C:/ again, D/ is missing from the list.

Is Reformatting the last option i have?

yeah, an interesting choice of forums here.

…..try booting it safe mode with minimal processes and deleting the file there.

same thing, delete option missing.

Have you tried google? I mean, ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer :p

yes, i mean i could reformat it but i wont be able to backup since i cant copy cut or delete. i cant drag too. just that drive tho. Any of you encountered this problem?

sounds like there’s a privilege block or access block.

check and see what users have access to do what to those files.

Im the only user, whenever i change the access through the properties it gives me an access denied kitten.

i’d say either call a professional or recover what ya can and reformat it then..

or try to google your way around the issue, if you’re the only user there shouldnt be a problem with access denied unless the file has you (the admin) set lower in access than the system itself.

you should be able to change that back and have the same if not more access than the system claims but without sitting down at your computer myself and trouble shooting i’m not sure what to tell ya.

Swish.2463:

i’d say either call a professional or recover what ya can and reformat it then..

or try to google your way around the issue, if you’re the only user there shouldnt be a problem with access denied unless the file has you (the admin) set lower in access than the system itself.

I wonder if a virus could toss things under the ‘trusted installer’ control to make it incredibly difficult to modify them.

Fay.2357:

Swish.2463:

i’d say either call a professional or recover what ya can and reformat it then..

or try to google your way around the issue, if you’re the only user there shouldnt be a problem with access denied unless the file has you (the admin) set lower in access than the system itself.

I wonder if a virus could toss things under the ‘trusted installer’ control to make it incredibly difficult to modify them.

entirely possible, you can ask a virus to do just about everything short of altering Kernels (with some very in depth and serious know how)

Edit: If you have ever attempted to Uninstall and completely clean out Norton Antivirus from a PC, it gives you a pretty good idea and look at what a Virus can do and how hard it can be to remove as well.

Should have dodged virus filled pron, l2p issue.

Seriously: I have no idea

Problem like that, I’d probably not even try to fix from Windows itself. Now, booting up a live disk with some AV on it … you could find and destroy the afflicted files quickly enough, assuming your AV has the needed signatures. (Needless to say, there’s a reason my old drive was dualbooted. Back then, Windows got questionable, I’d swap to Linux and see what I could slap back into order.)
Maybe System Rescue Disk or Hiren’s Boot CD?

As for Swish’s Norton comment: Been there, got the scars. Amazing that those chaps are even still allowed in the biz, considering that their AV product locks into your system’s innards, as if it were PC Gonorrhea or something.

Advent.6193:

Problem like that, I’d probably not even try to fix from Windows itself. Now, booting up a live disk with some AV on it … you could find and destroy the afflicted files quickly enough, assuming your AV has the needed signatures. (Needless to say, there’s a reason my old drive was dualbooted. Back then, Windows got questionable, I’d swap to Linux and see what I could slap back into order.)
Maybe System Rescue Disk or Hiren’s Boot CD?

I know it’s really easy to put together an ubuntu boot disk, I used to use one for partitioning.

Advent.6193:

As for Swish’s Norton comment: Been there, got the scars. Amazing that those chaps are even still allowed in the biz, considering that their AV product locks into your system’s innards, as if it were PC Gonorrhea or something.

Yeah, it’s pretty disgusting. Purging my PC of whatever AV came with it is usually one of the first things I do, right after purging it of IE.

Fay.2357:

I know it’s really easy to put together an ubuntu boot disk, I used to use one for partitioning.

I used to swear by Parted Magic. Unfortunately, they went commercial sometime this year. Been looking into replacements, considering I usually build a multiboot USB (one installable distro, then at least one dedicated repair/partition setup.)

Fay.2357:

Yeah, it’s pretty disgusting. Purging my PC of whatever AV came with it is usually one of the first things I do, right after purging it of IE.

Surprisingly enough, Microsoft Security Essentials works pretty well. Bonus point is that it doesn’t tie up a lot of cpu cycles or disk space. Hell, only reason my last drive died was down to mechanical failure.

As for browsers? Firefox and Chromium (Chrome minus a lot of Google’s inbuilt tracking crap, for those in the thread who might not have used it.). I can keep both running snappy enough, and they’re usable cross-platform.

Advent.6193:

Fay.2357:

I know it’s really easy to put together an ubuntu boot disk, I used to use one for partitioning.

I used to swear by Parted Magic. Unfortunately, they went commercial sometime this year. Been looking into replacements, considering I usually build a multiboot USB (one installable distro, then at least one dedicated repair/partition setup.)

I think the one I was using was GParted. It’s been a long time though, I eventually decided that maintaining dual boot linux was more effort than it was worth.

Advent.6193:

Fay.2357:

Yeah, it’s pretty disgusting. Purging my PC of whatever AV came with it is usually one of the first things I do, right after purging it of IE.

Surprisingly enough, Microsoft Security Essentials works pretty well. Bonus point is that it doesn’t tie up a lot of cpu cycles or disk space. Hell, only reason my last drive died was down to mechanical failure.

As for browsers? Firefox and Chromium (Chrome minus a lot of Google’s inbuilt tracking crap, for those in the thread who might not have used it.). I can keep both running snappy enough, and they’re usable cross-platform.

It’s interesting, I’m sorta ok with google’s inbuilt tracking crap quite honestly. ABP takes care of most ads, and I must say that it’s incredibly helpful that when I google ‘united airlines’ google yanks my flight/confirmation info out of an email and instantly displays the up to date flight information. It’s maybe a little creepy…but wow is it helpful.

Just call me paranoid, then. But I’m a firm believer in only releasing what info I want put out there. But, free country and all that jazz. As for Chrome/Chromium, I’ll admit that Google made one mofo of a browser. Thing’s fast as heck, and I mainly keep the ‘fox around because I’ve been tweaking installs of it for years.

As for GParted, I’ve nothing bad to say about that project. And, you do have a point RE: dualboots. At least running straight Linux, my only “problems” have been getting games to run right through WINE.

Anyway I managed to fix it! Thx tho for all the advices Pyro and Advent!

I learned my lesson, stay away from the #TheFappening kitten!