Were has my Overnet and edonkey gone ;-(

[Keith Mitchell]

Hi All I got up this morning to find that all trace of me Overnet & edonkey
app were missing + all my files after a very stressful day I suspected the
new freebie from Microsoft was the culprit and yes sitting in the Quarantine
fold was I think the deleted files
How can I restore my lost data?

Regards

Keith

 

[Keith Mitchell]

I got it sorted by checking the basics and just reading the help menu its
amazing what stress will do to your mind ;-)

for everyone else here is what it says

Restoring Quarantined Programs
If you have accidentally quarantined a program, you can remove it from
quarantine and restore it to its original state.



How to restore a quarantined item

1. From the main screen, or any of the screens with the toolbar, click
Spyware Scan (this is the product icon).


2. On the top right of the screen under the Take me to... section, select
Spyware Quarantine.


3. A list of all items in your quarantine is displayed. Select the item
you would like to un-quarantine and when the item appears in the right
details window, select Un-quarantine Threat. This restores the item to its
original state before it was quarantined.


4. To un-quarantine multiple items in the quarantine, select each item and
click Un-quarantine All Checked Threats at the bottom of the screen.


5. After you un-quarantine an item you should restart your computer to
make sure the restored application runs.

 

[plun]

Hi

Dont forget to move your files BEFORE restart. Step 5

All files will be lost otherwise...............

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Dear MS !!! Kazaa, Overnet, Edonkey, Emule etc are NOT
spyware.

These programs comes bundled with other spyware software,
remove them !

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I'm glad that did the job for you.

Can you say roughly how many "data" files were involved?

Did you have any trouble getting the files to show up properly to
unquarantine them?

 

[Keith Mitchell]

There were 1500 files I nearly died once I removed the from the list of
programs to quarantine they were put back as they were but they are safely
backed up now I can't take another shock like that.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

I can well understand the feeling.

There are a number of folks here who didn't have that happy outcome. I'm
glad to hear that it went well for you. The default action for P2P apps
changed in the course of the beta--both the recommendation for a
user-initiated scan, and the automatic choice for a scheduled scan.

Want to suggest to Microsoft what you think the right way to do this is?
They read the messages here, and feedback from the users most affected is
the best.