I can't even remember the year this started but it was definitely what got me into coding. Virus that turned files and folders on removable drives into hidden

I can't even remember the year this started but it was definitely what got me into coding. Virus that turned files and folders on removable drives into hidden system files was a popular thing that antivirus progs just didn't help with was everywhere. Friend's and co-workers would constantly bombard me for help recovering the files. When I figured out essentially how the pesky virus worked (this was before the variants that made reg edits) I coded something to do the opposite in a batch script. Would then just set it to identify the portable drive added and it'd delete the virus....the .lnk shortcut files it created and then unhide and return the folders and files back to normal. Nothing fancy but it did influence my career direction alot.