As it was a blender file (read, a 3D set of frames and rendering options) I wasnt entirely sure if Blender could be used in a subverise manner.

Also considering I had a few processes running I could not identify, I couldnt exactly find out what the problem was.

Dante Ashton wrote:As it was a blender file (read, a 3D set of frames and rendering options) I wasnt entirely sure if Blender could be used in a subverise manner.

I guess it depends upon what you are rendering, if its that subversive I'm sure you'll get a knock on the door from the boys in blue

Perhaps you should consider running some helper applications such as chkrootkit or rkhunter, and clamav? I might be more reliable than paranoid guesswork.

clamav has never given me positives agaisnt test viruses.

Mind you, I do tend to test it agaisnt the latest and greatest the software underworld offers...

It might sound stupid, but could it simply be a matter of refreshing Dolphin?
I mean, maybe when you extracted the file Dolphin wasn't refreshed (it some time happens) and when you selected show hidden files Dolphin refreshed the view.

about hidden files, unix and linux don't have a mechanism to hide files, like windows does.

to fill that void, there is an agreement that files starting with a dot are hidden by default.

so if you create a file with a name starting with a dot, or if you unpack a zip archive containing files starting with a dot, they will be hidden by default.

Also, as pointed out, refreshing the view of dolphin/konqueror will help to show up newly added files that aren't shown yet.

I don't see any point of suspicioun.

I did indeed refresh Dolphin.

I tried renaming the file as well. No luck; I didn't have "the permissions"

and no, I didn't go root just to do so.

Dante Ashton wrote:I tried renaming the file as well. No luck; I didn't have "the permissions"

Did you check the permissions tab under the properties of the file?
unzipped files keep the permissions set by the packager, so it is possible that the files were readonly to begin with.