{"id":3342,"date":"2021-11-03T12:54:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgildv5i97.onrocket.site\/answers\/?post_type=question&#038;p=3342"},"modified":"2021-11-03T12:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T12:55:29","slug":"do-virus-scanners-scan-hidden-files","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/security\/do-virus-scanners-scan-hidden-files\/38480.html","title":{"rendered":"Do Virus Scanners Scan Hidden Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>hello not been on for a while but have a question while backing up a customers files<br \/>\nviruses\/add-ware and root kit found<br \/>\ntried the usual programs we use ie combofix\/malware bytes and cc-cleaner as well as eset nod 32<br \/>\nreg cleaner and the like but as the computer is full of junk programs decided to backup and format on which i found hundreds of hidden files<\/p>\n<p>but this has got me thinking do programs like antivirus\/add-ware and the like scan hidden files or do you have to un hide them first<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":4},"question-category":[56],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3342","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-security"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question\/3342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question-category?post=3342"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question_tags?post=3342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}