Mysterious invisible folder

I was infected with a virus that put over 22,000 ZIP files in a folder
called c:\...\Fonts\', which I found by using Search to detect the *.ZIP
files. (Note the apostrophe following Fonts\; it's the folder name, not a
typo on my part.) Yet when I tried navigating to that folder using Explorer,
I couldn't find any subfolders of Fonts. I have Folder Options/View set to
"Show hidden files and folders" and do NOT have the "Hide protected
operating system files" box checked. So why won't Explorer show the Fonts
subfolder that Search found?

Thanks,

Ray

Frank
Fri Feb 29 20:16:18 PST 2008

Ray K wrote:

> I was infected with a virus that put over 22,000 ZIP files in a folder
> called c:\...\Fonts\', which I found by using Search to detect the *.ZIP
> files. (Note the apostrophe following Fonts\; it's the folder name, not a
> typo on my part.) Yet when I tried navigating to that folder using Explorer,
> I couldn't find any subfolders of Fonts. I have Folder Options/View set to
> "Show hidden files and folders" and do NOT have the "Hide protected
> operating system files" box checked. So why won't Explorer show the Fonts
> subfolder that Search found?
>
I thought you said you couldn't boot up properly because once you
reached the desktop you got the message that explore.exe generated
errors, therefore unable to 'explore' Windows.

Ray
Mon Mar 03 12:53:29 PST 2008

Frank Booth Snr wrote:
> Ray K wrote:
>
>> I was infected with a virus that put over 22,000 ZIP files in a folder
>> called c:\...\Fonts\', which I found by using Search to detect the *.ZIP
>> files. (Note the apostrophe following Fonts\; it's the folder name, not a
>> typo on my part.) Yet when I tried navigating to that folder using
>> Explorer,
>> I couldn't find any subfolders of Fonts. I have Folder Options/View
>> set to
>> "Show hidden files and folders" and do NOT have the "Hide protected
>> operating system files" box checked. So why won't Explorer show the Fonts
>> subfolder that Search found?
>>
> I thought you said you couldn't boot up properly because once you
> reached the desktop you got the message that explore.exe generated
> errors, therefore unable to 'explore' Windows.

The trick was to simply wait long enough (five minutes, or so). Then I
was able to the Safe Mode.