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Virus affected WordDocument folders

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Name: Lissliss282
Date: November 16, 2003 at 19:57:08 Pacific
OS: Windows 98
CPU/Ram: Pentium 3/128
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Hi! I had this "whoaa look what I found" virus on my comp and got rid of it by following response 6 i found on this site. I didnt have the file b.exe on my comp to remove so i tried removing it using the realphx idea. It worked, but I've just now realized that all my Word document folders have been changed into shortcuts and placed in C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent

Any idea what I can do to get them back to Word documents or how I can fix this problem?????




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Response Number 1
Name: broni
Date: November 16, 2003 at 21:54:32 Pacific
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They are shortcuts only. Search your computer for "*.doc" to see if your documents are there.


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Response Number 2
Name: Melissa
Date: November 17, 2003 at 03:34:16 Pacific
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Thanks......I tried but they aren't there. Everything is gone.......


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Response Number 3
Name: Bryco
Date: November 17, 2003 at 04:13:53 Pacific
Reply:

Right click on one of the shortcuts and select Properties.
See if the path to the .doc is there.
If so then hit the Find Target button.

If no joy then try renaming one of them from mydoc.ink to mydoc.doc to see if it brings it back. (I am not hopeful though)

Bryan


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