USB storages are prone to virus/malware infections. And it’s common that once infected most probably lots of files undergoes changes in file attributes and mostly its seen that files become hidden. With that sometimes it happens that the infection makes your “show hidden files” option disabled. USB Show is freeware which can recuse us in this situation and pretty simply. You can view all hidden files on your USB device with USB Show. Once you are able to view your important files on the device, you can back it up and then format the USB so that you can use the device without any threat.
Some precautions you can take:
- When backing up files be careful not copy any suspicious files since it can recreate infections.
- It’s always better scan your device /file with a good antivirus.
You can download this software here (once downloaded change the language to English): Download USB Show.