[Tutor] import site failed (WinXP) (Solved)

[Alexei Vinidiktov]

2009/1/28 Alexei Vinidiktov <alexei.vinidiktov at gmail.com>:
> 2009/1/28 Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>:
>>
>> "Alexei Vinidiktov" <alexei.vinidiktov at gmail.com> wrote
>>
>>> I've conducted another experiment. I created several text files with a
>>> Notepad that contained text 'alia' in their names and none of them
>>> were visible after I had saved them to the disc.
>>
>> Now that is strange! Does "alia" mean something in your local language
>> (assuming its not English!)? I'm not aware of XP hiding files based on
>> filename, it is certainly odd.
>>
>
> No, I'm afraid "alia" doesn't mean anything in Russian.
>
> I'm going to run a virus check of the system, and then check the disk
> for errors with CHKDSK, and then I'll let you know how it went off.
>

OK. I got it sorted out. I had a trojan on my system which hid all the
files whose names started with 'ali'.

Thanks for your help, Alan and Kent.


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Alexei Vinidiktov