[Klarion]

what to do and what caused this ????

[moofer1]

Sounds like ransomware...

[nicksaban1]

You can try a third party file/recovery software to get your files back. It works around 80% if the time. Another thing that might work for My Documents folder is a system restore. Third, use google. Good luck.,

[๖ۣۜOpulence]

Did you have shodow copy enabled? If so you should be able to restore the directory...

If you didn't have shadow copy you can try a recovery tool, like recuva

What recuva does is this:
-a file is stored on your HDD with a "key" that tells the PC where to look for the data
-When a file is deleted that "key" is deleted, but the data is left on the drive and is over written by new data
-When you use recuva it doesn't look for a "key" it looks for the raw data


give it a shot

[@Jupiter]

Well check your trashbin first of all.... you never know

[Eternal.]

If it's not in your recycle bin I recommend Recuva as another member recommended.

[Klarion]

You can try a third party file/recovery software to get your files back. It works around 80% if the time. Another thing that might work for My Documents folder is a system restore. Third, use google. Good luck.,

I disabled System Restore because: I never even thought that my files could be deleted by some malware. And because I never used it before, in 5 years never needed it. I have old PC and I save PC resources this way.

Did you have shodow copy enabled? If so you should be able to restore the directory...

If you didn't have shadow copy you can try a recovery tool, like recuva

What recuva does is this:
-a file is stored on your HDD with a "key" that tells the PC where to look for the data
-When a file is deleted that "key" is deleted, but the data is left on the drive and is over written by new data
-When you use recuva it doesn't look for a "key" it looks for the raw data


give it a shot

I don't know what a shadow copy is. But, good thing is, I had a backup that I made a month ago and with that backup and Recuva I already recovered 99.9% of the files, before I started this thread. I just thought that maybe I can recover that 0.01% and I thought that MAYBE there's a chance that they are still hiding somewhere on my PC and weren't really deleted?

AND of course, I really want to know what caused this and am I still infected if it was infection.

WHAT THE HELL WAS IT!? Am I still infected?

[๖ۣۜOpulence]

I disabled System Restore because: I never even thought that my files could be deleted by some malware. And because I never used it before, in 5 years never needed it. I have old PC and I save PC resources this way.

I don't know what a shadow copy is. But, good thing is, I had a backup that I made a month ago and with that backup and Recuva I already recovered 99.9% of the files, before I started this thread. I just thought that maybe I can recover that 0.01% and I thought that MAYBE there's a chance that they are still hiding somewhere on my PC and weren't really deleted?

AND of course, I really want to know what caused this and am I still infected if it was infection.

WHAT THE HELL WAS IT!? Am I still infected?

May not be an infection, could be failing HDD. I would suggest running a HDD diagnostic (using Victoria HDD scan, or the built in tools your PC manufacturer provides). Also run rkill, malwarebytes, superantispyware, adwcleaner to see if there is any signs of a virus.