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Old April 23rd, 2007
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Default please help (deleted files, format changed)

while playing around with limewire i accidentally deleted most of my saved music.the ones that didnt get deleted are now zip files and i cant even open them.i tried a data recovery program which i downloaded but i still cant recover my music.can someone please help me out
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Your file extensions probably changed because your computer's infected...sounds like you have a worm. Try AVG Free AV...that should find it.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Download AVG, update it, scan your computer.
Search the forum & you'll see other people have had this problem...AVG has fixed things for quite a few

If you need more help, try one of the sites below.

http://www.spywarewarrior.com/index.php

http://www.castlecops.com/forums.html

http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=79038


Try the advice here about file recovery. Some people have had good results after using Restoration.
Deleting files from LW library - Don't!! File recovery advice
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Old May 19th, 2007
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None of my files were deleted, but they all turned to .zip files. D; Will downloading the virus scanner save the files or only rid the bug?
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Your files are gone. Those zip files are copies of the virus that you have. You need to get rid of the virus first before you worry about getting more files. After you get rid of the virus, you could try a file recovery program to try and get your files back. Follow the advice in birdy's post.
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