I woke up yesterday and there was a black window upon on the top of my screen and all these sentences kepts scrolling down really fast that looked like this.

c/documents blah blah blah Windows/ Deleted

(Something like that, I dunno)

ANYWAYS after that like EVERYTHING on my PC was deleted.

All my pictures all my documents all my files EVERYTHING.

What happened?????

Not a smart computer person here


sounds like a virus or something

SpisaRibb said:

What does that mean???

Do you know what happened???

MACH! I scanned for viruses and none were detected, but could I still have one?

You got a virus.

purplerein said:

Okay. How do I fix it?

luv4all7 said:

no.

It means get a mac

SpisaRibb said:

Oh. Maybe I will one day. Those commercials are pretty funny.

That black window was a command prompt. You can bring it up by going to the Start Menu and choosing Run and typing in "cmd".

As for all the files on your computer being deleted, it sounds alot like a virus.

luv4all7 said:

I would say ... Yes

Alright, admit it - what porn were you looking up beforehand?

Tom said:

Well it was there when I woke up. I didn't promt it or whatever.

But when I called Verizon like a week ago the guy on the phone had me bring that box up and had me like type, these weird numbers and stuff into it. Could that be it????

i was just gonna add--- u gotta stay off the porno sites girl !!!

virus's do suck ... its been a while since i had one on my computer ... but i do scan it for stuff everyonce in a while ... ad-aware... and virus scans ... and making sure your anti virus stuff is up to date does wonders !

luv4all7 said:

Nope. that was probably a way to coordinate your modem with the dsl line.

Spookymuffin said:

None. But I was listening to SpookyMuffin speaks French!

purplerein said:

Yeah. So is the virus gone now? Or is it something I have to take care of?

i am confused ... is the computer runnin fine now ??? if it is ... run a scan ... see what pops up ...

luv4all7 said:

The virus isn't gone. you have to have it taken care of. it apparently didn't wipe out your programs, just your files.

luv4all7 said:

He was probably having you check your IP address. You can do that by going to a command prompt and typing in "ipconfig". It's harmless.

That black window will pop up for a variety of reasons, when installing programs, updating programs, etc... it's just a part of Windows. Deleting all the files on your computer against your will is another story, LOL.....

luv4all7 said:

Tom said:

Some viruses can damage your antivirus program, especially if you let the update subscription expire, or haven't updated the virus definitions in a long time, or worse yet, disabled virus scanning and forgot to turn it back on.

You might want to try out a different virus scanning program for a second opinion, because it sounds like you got something nasty on there. AVG offers it's antivirus program for free, Worth a shot at least.

Tom said:

I'm sorry. I don't wanna be a pain in the ass.....but what is AVG? I have MaAfee and I'm scanning again.

Do you think it was cuzza the time change?????

luv4all7 said:

Unbelievably unlikely.

luv4all7 said:

http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

http://www.symantec.com/e.../index.jsp

Look for "free scan for Virus's" (Middle of page on the right) and just click the link.

As Tom said, some viruses can damage your AV software and if you do have a serious Virus you may not be able to install a new one or it may corrupt the program as you install it - So doing the Online Virus check will at least let you know if and what you have - it will also be able to help you remove it by offering you a link to the Correct removal tool if needed.

Just follow the instructions its fairly simple.

btw, do you think stupid people can't help you?

purplerein said:

Well, like, with what?

Sure, they can help me with stuff, but not this.

Oh, and all my favorites and stuff are gone too?????

And so far every scan I did said no viruses detected.