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External drive issue?

landdesigns

landdesigns

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Tonight while doing some prints with my computer and Verscamm , my computer did some strange things, I got warnings saying i had hard drive issues, High Temp and a couple other issues, then a window came up saying it was repairing the computer but to finish the repair i would have to pay a fee. I started to think it was a virus, so i decided to restore my computer to previous date, but I thought it would be good idea to backup my hard drive on my external hard first, so I did that. Then I restored the computer to a previous date and ran chdsk, the chdsk said I had some issues on the hard drive and repaired them. The computer seems to be working fine for now, but the computer will not recognize or show the files on the external hard drive when i try to open them. I hooked the external drive to my older computer and it showed files on the drive but the icons seem dim or faded. I don't know if made a bad choice to back up computer on my external drive and that screwed up the external drive? hopefully i can figure it out with a little help.


THANKS Todd
 
phototec

phototec

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Hey Todd,

One of the BEST tips I can give you, is DO NOT CONNECT your production computer to the INTERNET, and you will NOT get those pesky viruses and spams that infect your computer, then want you to pay them to fix it!

I have a design work station with dual monitors, NO INTERNET, a production computer for the printer, NO INTERNET, and the office (business) computer connected to the INTERNET for email, Signs101, Google, etc, that way I don't RISK the money making computers to any infections from the INTERNET.

It sounds to me like when you backed up your computer to the external, you also moved the infection over to the external also.

Think about my advice above, as I too learned the hard way a few years ago.

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Dave Rowland

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i disagree with that, I strongly suggest you dont put any disk(usb sticks) or run any email by that computer and use a browser like Chrome on the RIP PC.
e.g. Onyx requires an internet connection for help files and downloads updates once in a while.

So basically stay of the porn sites and joke emails on your computers and you be fine. The next one will be Xmas greetings cards over email for spam and hijacks. Over the last 10years I have been hit once that I knew about. Bloody internet.
 
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Locals Find!

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You have got a virus. Its commonly known as the "System Restore" virus and goes by about a dozen other names. I know because, I had this same virus 3 weeks ago.

The reason the icons are greyed out is because the virus hides your icons by messing with your windows system files. Seek the help of a professional this is not one you wanna take on, on your own. I know I lost my whole drive while trying to get rid of it on my own.

Windows doesn't monitor your drive temperatures you don't have a thermometer any where on your drives. That is your first clue that its a virus.
 
Mike F

Mike F

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Adtechia said:
Windows doesn't monitor your drive temperatures you don't have a thermometer any where on your drives. That is your first clue that its a virus.
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Maybe Windows doesn't have a temp monitor built in, (and I'm not saying this isn't a virus, because it obviously is) but with the right program you can check the temps of your motherboard, cpu, and hard drive. Something displaying your drive temperature does not equal a virus.

One of the biggest giveaways that something is a virus nowadays is it pops up out of nowhere, tells you there are problems with your computer, then asks you to pay to fix them.
 
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Locals Find!

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Mike F said:
Maybe Windows doesn't have a temp monitor built in, (and I'm not saying this isn't a virus, because it obviously is) but with the right program you can check the temps of your motherboard, cpu, and hard drive. Something displaying your drive temperature does not equal a virus.

One of the biggest giveaways that something is a virus nowadays is it pops up out of nowhere, tells you there are problems with your computer, then asks you to pay to fix them.
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Your right there are programs that do that. I should have been clearer.

I am just very familiar with the string of warnings and how the events went down for the OP. It screams of the "system restore" virus. The guys behind that little bugger are nasty they keep changing it every 2 weeks so its hard as hell to fight off. They have been known to bury it in the ad servers that serve up ads on sites you would trust. So, you can get it without even being on a skeevy site.
 
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