This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive. They block or restrict your access to any of the drives.īut don’t worry this is not a big trouble it can be fixed easily. This problem is generally caused by most of the viruses which infect windows XP system. When you double clicking on the drives icons or right click on the drive>explore in M y computer ,the drive does not open. Sometimes it happens in windows XP that you are not able to open drives on your hard disk.
