last month I wrote about fake system restore on windows Xp.
Well I can say without a doubt that the repair restore virus hits windows 7 also.
On windows 7 I got a notice that Google updater needs to update. The virus would not let me select “no”. I uninstall all Google updater and Google toolbars. So I know that there should be no reason for a Google updater program to want access to my computer.
This is the first Windows virus I have experienced on Windows 7. But being a veteran of this specific virus. I knew what to expect. Main thing, is don’t click any of the pop ups. At all.
Push the “windows” logo button on your keyboard and the letter “R” at the same time. because you are about to have everything on your computer hidden from you.
once that opens type in “c:” and press enter. That will take you to your C drive. You can now watch everything look as if it is getting deleted off of your computer. Actually what the virus is doing, is making all of your files “hidden” similar to what you see in this image.
hidden files
Don’t worry, your files are not deleted, they are just hidden.
How to get your files back
This pretty creative of the virus writer, because the warning you will see, will look legit and they will say that your hard drive is corrupt or having write errors or that you have a bad sector. So when you look into “my computer” all of your files are gone.. they aren’t gone. If they were gone, you’d be looking at a blank screen.
Well the link I gave above, is the fix, it works the same with windows 7 as it does for windows xp.
Good luck. Took me only 45 minutes this time.
The first time it took 6 hours to solve the issue because I was the first to fix it and post on it. :-)
So yeah.. you are in luck.. you found the right site because everything I link to, to fix the virus, is free.
So have fun with it.