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| Thread ID: 57775 | 2005-05-12 08:48:00 | virus(?) meltdown | kaliyuga (6711) | Press F1 |
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| 354439 | 2005-05-12 08:48:00 | whatever has happened my computer it suddenly can't recognise any icons ie they have all been replaced by the "what program do you wish to use to open this file" icon. it happened immediately after i tried to backup all my family photos unwittingly to a disk that had been unsuccessfully used by my son to copy a game onto some time ago and left in the cd case unlabelled. Is it possible for a virus to get onto your computer just by inserting an infected disc into the cdw drive, not even opening the files on it? now of course the photos and my original music files are inaccessible, is there any way of rescuing them or is it a lost cause? |
kaliyuga (6711) | ||
| 354440 | 2005-05-12 08:54:00 | Well, if you have an autorun-CD drive, then it is possible for the computer to be infected by the CD by just inserting the CD drive and not doing anything. Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 354441 | 2005-05-12 08:56:00 | Using floppies or CD's to spread virus' is a very old way to do it, I guess it's still possible to be infected that way. What do your antivirus and antisyware programmes tell you, I assume they are up to date? Have you tried reassigning the shortcuts to point to the programmmes or directories? (right click > Properties > Find target. Or copy & paste the path in even if it appears to be correct) Do the programmes open if you double click their .exe file in their Programs group folder? Any error messages, what version of Windows? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 354442 | 2005-05-12 09:07:00 | avg was up to date 2 days ago but didn't catch it, and i can no longer run avg. . it is not just shortcuts that don't work it is all program files that it can't recognise, for eg. the photos are still there but i can't do anything to get them off. i can get into the control panel but can't use anything in it. the control panel and my computer have been renamed 'folder' lots and lots of things it is quite catastrophic. one error message that came up was "can't find adobe gamma loader" xp home, comp wasn't online at the time. |
kaliyuga (6711) | ||
| 354443 | 2005-05-12 09:16:00 | Do a system restore. | pctek (84) | ||
| 354444 | 2005-05-12 09:19:00 | As you have WinXP, now might be a good time to use System Restore and roll the system back before this happened. System restore won't lose any of your personal files eg emails, documents and images etc, but it will remove any system changes that have occurred. Worth a go. You might need to try this from Safe Mode. [edit: I see I am a bit slow to post, pctek has already suggested System Restore as well] |
Jen (38) | ||
| 354445 | 2005-05-12 09:20:00 | i tried a system restore but it wont even run, can't really get into the start menu either! | kaliyuga (6711) | ||
| 354446 | 2005-05-12 09:31:00 | Probably you need to restore all your file associations. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 354447 | 2005-05-12 09:51:00 | Maybe try a dirty install of Windows and hope it fixes your file associations. Your drivers might have a hissy, and you may have to reformat after, but the thing is to try and get your pics and other files off the harddrive first. Your files should be ok in the event of a dirty reinstall. | Myth (110) | ||
| 354448 | 2005-05-12 10:01:00 | how do i do a dirty reinstall? is that installing into the same partition without wiping the original windows installation? | kaliyuga (6711) | ||
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