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All of my external hard disk files become .lnk after getting some autorun virus
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<blockquote data-quote="datenshi07" data-source="post: 104375" data-attributes="member: 5788"><p>Okay. So I brought my external hard disk (1TB) for my school files. I had to get my files from there, so I plugged 'em to the school/lab computer. By that time, I didn't noticed any problem until I got home and plugged my external hard disk to my PC. </p><p></p><p>All of my files are compressed into one single .lnk file with the name of my hard disk. I couldn't open it either. I already scanned with Avira and USB Disk Security, but they only found the autorun virus. After scanning, I checked my infected hard disk with Winrar. I only found; System Volume Information, desktop.ini, Thumbs.db, ~$WKM.USBDrv, TAPIOCA(932GB).lnk(<em>tapioca</em> is the name of my hard disk).</p><p></p><p>As far as I know, .lnk is a shortcut file, so I thought that there's a original file location. So I right clicked the .lnk file and it directed me to a single file which is named as "rundll32.exe" inside the folder system32 in my local disk.</p><p></p><p>Is there a way to recover my files without formatting my external disk?(My friend got one also and she formatted her flash drive. And I don't want to do that.) All of my important files are there, and I want to get all of them safe. So, please PLEASE help me. I'm begging you guys, I don't wanna lose those precious and important files. I don't have any back-ups in my PC.</p><p></p><p>BTW, my PC is Windows7 32-bit and school PC is Windows7 64-bit. And also, my 4GB flash disk is infected with same virus from same PC</p><p>[attachment=3587]</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="datenshi07, post: 104375, member: 5788"] Okay. So I brought my external hard disk (1TB) for my school files. I had to get my files from there, so I plugged 'em to the school/lab computer. By that time, I didn't noticed any problem until I got home and plugged my external hard disk to my PC. All of my files are compressed into one single .lnk file with the name of my hard disk. I couldn't open it either. I already scanned with Avira and USB Disk Security, but they only found the autorun virus. After scanning, I checked my infected hard disk with Winrar. I only found; System Volume Information, desktop.ini, Thumbs.db, ~$WKM.USBDrv, TAPIOCA(932GB).lnk([i]tapioca[/i] is the name of my hard disk). As far as I know, .lnk is a shortcut file, so I thought that there's a original file location. So I right clicked the .lnk file and it directed me to a single file which is named as "rundll32.exe" inside the folder system32 in my local disk. Is there a way to recover my files without formatting my external disk?(My friend got one also and she formatted her flash drive. And I don't want to do that.) All of my important files are there, and I want to get all of them safe. So, please PLEASE help me. I'm begging you guys, I don't wanna lose those precious and important files. I don't have any back-ups in my PC. BTW, my PC is Windows7 32-bit and school PC is Windows7 64-bit. And also, my 4GB flash disk is infected with same virus from same PC [attachment=3587] Thanks in advance! [/QUOTE]
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