Win 7 and Trojan

horizon200 · 02-04-2012

This morning, I grabbed a cup of coffee and is my Sat morning ritual, sat in my recliner to peruse the boards. I opened FFCars and was immediately assualted with error messages after which icons started disappearing from my desktop.
I tried to intercept it with Windows Security Essentials, Malware Bytes and adaware to no avail.
Ended up having to do a system restore to a couple of days ago.

I then ran malware bytes again and it found two trojans that must have been loaded when I downloaded a guy's piano sheet music rendition.. I thought to myself when I DL'd them that I forgot to run a scan on them....but who puts a virus on piano sheet music? Apparently nothing is safe!

OK so now here is my dilema! Windows restore says none of my documents or pics were deleted. Yet all those folders are empty...along with all my favorites.

I lost All Documents, sheet music, family pictures (lots of them!).

Does restore put copies of files somewhere? Anyone have any idea of how to recover them or am I screwed?

Babaloo · 02-04-2012

I'm thinking that Restore has nothing to do with the missing files.
I'm thinking it was the trojan.
I'm hoping I'm wrong.

Babaloo · 02-04-2012

Check this out.
CNET gives it a good review

How to restore missing files and folders after virus attack | Trojan Killer

MikeW · 02-04-2012

Happened to me a few weeks ago. Everything is most likely still there. But everything is now hidden. I downloaded something and ran it so everything came back to visible, although not everything was in the same place.

I don't remember what it was I downloaded and ran to make everything visible again.

horizon200 · 02-04-2012

OK thanks folks! Got everything back! Used Previous edition function...still ahd to do some cutting and pasting. Now I think I'll make some backups!!!

JimmyMN · 02-04-2012

A free product called unhide.exe downloadable from bleepingcomputers.com has simplified the restoration process for me on quite a few occasions.

Jimmy

Babaloo · 02-04-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyMN

A free product called unhide.exe downloadable from bleepingcomputers.com has simplified the restoration process for me on quite a few occasions.

Jimmy

Yep. My post above.

MikeW · 02-05-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyMN

A free product called unhide.exe downloadable from bleepingcomputers.com has simplified the restoration process for me on quite a few occasions.

Jimmy

x2.
That's what I used.

roni · 02-05-2012

Wow

Good luck, everyone

MikeW · 02-05-2012

And all of this is why I'm considering replacing my sons' win box with an IPad.

MikeW · 02-11-2012

F'ing thing just hit my Win7 laptop.

MikeW · 02-12-2012

Gah.
Ended up restoring to 5 days ago.

roni · 02-12-2012

I'm thinking

You know

MikeW · 02-12-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by roni

I'm thinking

You know

Yeah, I know what you're thinking.
You're running an O/S that has about 5% market share. Not much fun for the morons (hackers) of the world to infect an O/S that doesn't have market share. (I think under the covers your O/S is unix, and the first worm was a unix sendmail worm). Boss is really happy with his Apple, maybe I can sucker him into buying me one.

roni · 02-12-2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeW

Yeah, I know what you're thinking.
You're running an O/S that has about 5% market share. Not much fun for the morons (hackers) of the world to infect an O/S that doesn't have market share. (I think under the covers your O/S is unix, and the first worm was a unix sendmail worm). Boss is really happy with his Apple, maybe I can sucker him into buying me one.

Over 10% now

Higher in laptops

Has grown many time fasters than the overall computer market every quarter for the past 5 years.

Include iPads, and it is number one in market share, USA.

Sucker him, Mike, sucker him

Here is what a friend recently wrote me, an anti-Mac, pro-Windows bigot kind of guy for years and years. These are comments from the Facebook photo of me using the iPad on the Oregon Coast.

Quote:

#
Ron, you are *not* going to believe it, but *I* am typing this on my new (refurbished) Macbook Pro

I hope your heart can take the shock

(it was the *only* computer I could afford that still supports firewire;(

Ron Smith Hope you enjoy it, Jack!

#
GypsyJack Van Breen So far so good

02-04-2012	#1 (permalink)
horizon200 añejo Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 10,417	Win 7 and Trojan This morning, I grabbed a cup of coffee and is my Sat morning ritual, sat in my recliner to peruse the boards. I opened FFCars and was immediately assualted with error messages after which icons started disappearing from my desktop. I tried to intercept it with Windows Security Essentials, Malware Bytes and adaware to no avail. Ended up having to do a system restore to a couple of days ago. I then ran malware bytes again and it found two trojans that must have been loaded when I downloaded a guy's piano sheet music rendition.. I thought to myself when I DL'd them that I forgot to run a scan on them....but who puts a virus on piano sheet music? Apparently nothing is safe! OK so now here is my dilema! Windows restore says none of my documents or pics were deleted. Yet all those folders are empty...along with all my favorites. I lost All Documents, sheet music, family pictures (lots of them!). Does restore put copies of files somewhere? Anyone have any idea of how to recover them or am I screwed?

02-04-2012	#2 (permalink)
Babaloo añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Playa del Carmen Posts: 22,466	I'm thinking that Restore has nothing to do with the missing files. I'm thinking it was the trojan. I'm hoping I'm wrong.

02-04-2012	#3 (permalink)
Babaloo añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Playa del Carmen Posts: 22,466	Check this out. CNET gives it a good review How to restore missing files and folders after virus attack \| Trojan Killer

02-04-2012	#4 (permalink)
MikeW añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 13,089	Happened to me a few weeks ago. Everything is most likely still there. But everything is now hidden. I downloaded something and ran it so everything came back to visible, although not everything was in the same place. I don't remember what it was I downloaded and ran to make everything visible again.

02-04-2012	#5 (permalink)
horizon200 añejo Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Delaware Posts: 10,417	OK thanks folks! Got everything back! Used Previous edition function...still ahd to do some cutting and pasting. Now I think I'll make some backups!!!

02-04-2012	#6 (permalink)
JimmyMN party machine Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Minneapolis-St. Paul Posts: 3,561	A free product called unhide.exe downloadable from bleepingcomputers.com has simplified the restoration process for me on quite a few occasions. Jimmy

02-05-2012	#9 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,680	Wow Good luck, everyone

02-05-2012	#10 (permalink)
MikeW añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 13,089	And all of this is why I'm considering replacing my sons' win box with an IPad.

02-11-2012	#11 (permalink)
MikeW añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 13,089	F'ing thing just hit my Win7 laptop.

02-12-2012	#12 (permalink)
MikeW añejo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moorpark, CA Posts: 13,089	Gah. Ended up restoring to 5 days ago.

02-12-2012	#13 (permalink)
roni añejo Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 59,680	I'm thinking You know

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