MatchBoxx
the m0nk who sold his PC!
References:
PC 1 : online PC (i.e having internet connection), Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 installed (fully updated), WinXP SP2
PC 2: offline PC (no internet connection), no antivirus installed (a free trial of Panda Antivirus, installed in July first week, not updated), Win7
Situation:
i have a Transcend 4GB class2 SDHC card that i use on my Nokia 5130XM. This card has only 100MB space left. Yesterday i plugged this card in PC 2, using a Enter Card Reader and transferred a few MBs of file and deleted 3 files.
List of Files deleted:
VATRA, Nokia unprocessed images, RECYCLER
Problem:
After i ejected the card reader SAFELY, i just inserted it in my mobile and when i opened the memory card, all the folders had a "?" icon and .lnk extension. BUT, my mobile's music player updated itself and it showed all the 650+ songs (mp3) and could play them. When i checked the Memory Status, it showed that the card had all the data in it but the folders were inaccessible.
Today i connected the card, similarly as stated before, to PC 1, and the automatic scan in KIS detected only 1 THREAT. I opened the card and all the folders were shown as shortcuts and i could also see a folder named "Recycler" folder. I think that's a virus ofcourse. Now, i don't want to format the card and lose all the data, 'coz the backup i had taken was ages ago. What can/should i do now? Quick format the card and recover the data using data recovery softwares? Scan the card using any other Antivirus and SS&D?
Advice please. I'm facing this situation for the first time.
^^VATRA, and Nokia unprocessed images are usually present on any Nokia phone. They can only be seen in the phone, if any 3rd party java apps, file managers are used like BlueFTP and they cannot be deleted from the phone itself (error: "System File" shows up). Normally they never showed up when the card is connected to the PC, but i think i have deleted them before also.
PC 1 : online PC (i.e having internet connection), Kaspersky Internet Security 2011 installed (fully updated), WinXP SP2
PC 2: offline PC (no internet connection), no antivirus installed (a free trial of Panda Antivirus, installed in July first week, not updated), Win7
Situation:
i have a Transcend 4GB class2 SDHC card that i use on my Nokia 5130XM. This card has only 100MB space left. Yesterday i plugged this card in PC 2, using a Enter Card Reader and transferred a few MBs of file and deleted 3 files.
List of Files deleted:
VATRA, Nokia unprocessed images, RECYCLER
Problem:
After i ejected the card reader SAFELY, i just inserted it in my mobile and when i opened the memory card, all the folders had a "?" icon and .lnk extension. BUT, my mobile's music player updated itself and it showed all the 650+ songs (mp3) and could play them. When i checked the Memory Status, it showed that the card had all the data in it but the folders were inaccessible.
Today i connected the card, similarly as stated before, to PC 1, and the automatic scan in KIS detected only 1 THREAT. I opened the card and all the folders were shown as shortcuts and i could also see a folder named "Recycler" folder. I think that's a virus ofcourse. Now, i don't want to format the card and lose all the data, 'coz the backup i had taken was ages ago. What can/should i do now? Quick format the card and recover the data using data recovery softwares? Scan the card using any other Antivirus and SS&D?
Advice please. I'm facing this situation for the first time.
^^VATRA, and Nokia unprocessed images are usually present on any Nokia phone. They can only be seen in the phone, if any 3rd party java apps, file managers are used like BlueFTP and they cannot be deleted from the phone itself (error: "System File" shows up). Normally they never showed up when the card is connected to the PC, but i think i have deleted them before also.