File folders turn into exec files

Hi Drew,

I was testing this ad nauseum before posting. What you note is what I tried in testing many times and in many variations. Most that I knew should work with that type of argument would simply return to the next prompt in Terminal as if it were correct, but nothing would change on the drive.

I finally resorted to the "simple" method of entering the drive volume by drag and drop and it worked.

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Kurt thanks for confirming it just looks curiously wrong to my eyes 🙂

Thanks Kurt.

I actually found and downloaded this software, UsbFix , on one of the sites you listed earlier. It finds and deletes the virus on all infected portable devices. It worked and all my files are restored! 🙂

Excellent! Yes, it was necessary to get rid of the virus since it would otherwise keep moving between the hard drive and all drives you connect to the Windows computer. Part of the UsbFix software must be to also remove the hidden attribute of all files on the drive. Otherwise, the virus would be gone, but the files would still be hidden.