my excel files being modified by a virus

my excel files being modified by a virus (worm_blueworm) to become only 78
bytes and contains message "has been expired please contact Mr. Bill Gates
for the acitve now, Thanks you.". Can anyone help me how to recover the files
...??? million thanks.

mis_cakung wrote:
> my excel files being modified by a virus (worm_blueworm) to become only 78
> bytes and contains message "has been expired please contact Mr. Bill Gates
> for the acitve now, Thanks you.". Can anyone help me how to recover the files
> ...??? million thanks.

You DO have backups, DON'T you?

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sadly ..we don't have...

"Gordon" wrote:

> mis_cakung wrote:
> > my excel files being modified by a virus (worm_blueworm) to become only 78
> > bytes and contains message "has been expired please contact Mr. Bill Gates
> > for the acitve now, Thanks you.". Can anyone help me how to recover the files
> > ...??? million thanks.
>
> You DO have backups, DON'T you?
>
> --
> Registered Linux User no 240308
> Just waiting for Broadband to complete the conversion!(3 weeks and
> counting!)
> gordonATgbpcomputingDOTcoDOTuk
> to email me remove the obvious!
>

mis_cakung wrote:
> sadly ..we don't have...
>
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>
>>mis_cakung wrote:
>>
>>>my excel files being modified by a virus (worm_blueworm) to become only 78
>>>bytes and contains message "has been expired please contact Mr. Bill Gates
>>>for the acitve now, Thanks you.". Can anyone help me how to recover the files
>>>...??? million thanks.
>>
>>You DO have backups, DON'T you?
>>

First rule of computing: BACKUP, BACKUP,BACKUP!