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Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo

Garh those stupid computer virus that hackers have been throwing around since last week always infect me. Last week I suffered from the system tool virus and today the "winows diagnostic" virus affected my computer. I followed these steps
http://www.myantispyware.com/2011/03...gnostic-virus/
The virus seems to have gone but now all the files in "documents" and programs in c file have gone. Including pictures. Omg please someone help me. Anyone know how to retrieve files after this nasty thing has been removed?

All I did was go to yahoo and was infected immediately. be careful people. last week i got infected by going to facebook.

Its unlikely that either yahoo or facebook actually infected your computer. It is possible though that opening your browser or actually surfing those pages triggered an inactive or dormant virus already residing on your computer.

Download a decent anti virus program, free ones like AVG or malwarebytes are okay, or look at Trend micro, Kapersky etc and download the limited period free trials for either. Install one then update it and let it scan and remove problems.

As for your missing files, go into windows explorer or the start menu and search for a file you know was there. Your virus(es) may have simply changed explorer settings so that all your docs are classed as hidden folders. They may still be there.

If however you have mucked up in the manual removal of a virus, you may have deleted them from registry menu, you could try a registry cleaning and repair tool, such as Ashampoo, there is a link for a free download of that somewhere on this site - use the search facility. However there is no guarentee of being able to recover them if you have.