Scrambled Office files

[Guest]

Just before christmas my pc decided to rewrite some of my .doc files in
gibberish

- ð - - ü íLÉ - & $ sþ tþ
vþ wþ xþ yþ¬ zþ! yþ" xþ# wþ$ vþ% tþ$ sþ# rþ" rþ! rþ¬ sþ - ð
- - ü íLÉ - & $ `þ+ bþ* cþ* eþ* fþ+ gþ-
gþ. gþ0 fþ1 eþ2 cþ2 bþ2 `þ1 _þ0 _þ. _þ- `þ+ - ð - -
ü íLÉ - & $ Nþ5 Oþ4 Qþ4 Rþ4 Sþ5 Tþ7 Uþ8 Tþ: Sþ; Rþ<
Qþ< Oþ; Nþ: Mþ9 Mþ8 Mþ6 Nþ5 - ð - - ü íLÉ
- & $ hþP iþO kþO lþO mþP nþQ oþS nþT mþU lþV kþW iþV hþU gþT
gþS g

I have tried office recovery , zip and unzip, various recovery programms and
they are still scrambled.
Any ideas would be appreciated as I now have to rescan or guess and retype
all files. I need these files.

 

[David H. Lipman]

1) Download the following four items...

McAfee Stinger
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

Trend Sysclean Package
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/dcs.asp

Latest Trend Pattern File.
http://www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp

Adaware SE (free personal version v1.05)
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Create a directory.
On drive "C:\"
(e.g., "c:\New Folder")
or the desktop
(e.g., "C:\Documents and Settings\lipman\Desktop\New Folder")

Download SYSCLEAN.COM and place it in that directory.
Download the Trend Pattern File by obtaining the ZIP file.
For example; lpt377.zip

Extract the contents of the ZIP file and place the contents in the same directory as
SYSCLEAN.COM .

2) Update Adaware with the latest definitions.
3) Disable System Restore
http://vil.nai.com/vil/SystemHelpDocs/DisableSysRestore.htm
4) Reboot your PC into Safe Mode [F8 key during boot]
and shutdown as many applications as possible.
5) Using Trend Sysclean, Stinger and Adaware, perform a Full Scan of your
platform and clean/delete any infectors/parasites found.
(a few cycles may be needed)
6) Restart your PC and perform a "final" Full Scan of your platform using the three
utilities; Trend Sysclean, Stinger and Adaware
7) Re-enable System Restore and re-apply any System Restore preferences,
(e.g. HD space to use suggested 400 ~ 600MB),
8) Reboot your PC.
9) Create a new Restore point


* * * Please report your results ! * * *

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html





| Just before christmas my pc decided to rewrite some of my .doc files in
| gibberish
|
| - ð - - ü íLÉ - & $ sþ tþ
| vþ wþ xþ yþ¬ zþ! yþ" xþ# wþ$ vþ% tþ$ sþ# rþ" rþ! rþ¬ sþ - ð
| - - ü íLÉ - & $ `þ+ bþ* cþ* eþ* fþ+ gþ-
| gþ. gþ0 fþ1 eþ2 cþ2 bþ2 `þ1 _þ0 _þ. _þ- `þ+ - ð - -
| ü íLÉ - & $ Nþ5 Oþ4 Qþ4 Rþ4 Sþ5 Tþ7 Uþ8 Tþ: Sþ; Rþ<
| Qþ< Oþ; Nþ: Mþ9 Mþ8 Mþ6 Nþ5 - ð - - ü íLÉ
| - & $ hþP iþO kþO lþO mþP nþQ oþS nþT mþU lþV kþW iþV hþU gþT
| gþS g
|
| I have tried office recovery , zip and unzip, various recovery programms and
| they are still scrambled.
| Any ideas would be appreciated as I now have to rescan or guess and retype
| all files. I need these files.