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Corrupted directories
Help Please;
I have been using Winrar 3.2 trial version to unpack some downloaded files and successfully for the past 8 weeks. But suddenly both the Winrar directory and the directory containing all my files unpacked with Winrar have become corrupted! The nature of the corruption is directory names looking like this "@$@$_¶¸$.LC" and obviously not accessible. Question is - is this the cause of a virus, if so which one. Or is it a problem with Winrar. Thanks |
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It's unlikely to be a virus because it would affect other=20
areas of the system instead of just that obscure Zip=20 program. I would remove the program by using its uninstall feature=20 or Add/Remove Programs, and then reinstall it - preferably=20 from a new download of the program. Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- Help Please; I have been using Winrar 3.2 trial version to =20 unpack some=20 downloaded files and successfully for the past 8 =20 weeks. But=20 suddenly both the Winrar directory and the =20 directory containing all my files unpacked with Winrar have become =20 corrupted! The nature of the corruption is directory names =20 looking like=20 this "@$@$_=B6=B8$.=7FLC" and obviously not accessible. Question is - is this the cause of a =20 virus, if so which one. Or is it a problem with Winrar. Thanks . |
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I don't/have never used a trial version so I don't know if this will help, I use is
v3.3. If you can't get WinRAR to run then this is moot. WinRAR has a repair archive feature, I've never had to use it but you may want to try it. WinRAR also has command line mode you could try. Why not contact them and see if they will help. Mention you're situation and possibly so they do not lose a potential customer they will help. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "lanman" wrote in message om... Help Please; I have been using Winrar 3.2 trial version to unpack some downloaded files and successfully for the past 8 weeks. But suddenly both the Winrar directory and the directory containing all my files unpacked with Winrar have become corrupted! The nature of the corruption is directory names looking like this "@$@$_¶¸$.LC" and obviously not accessible. Question is - is this the cause of a virus, if so which one. Or is it a problem with Winrar. Thanks |
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"Eric" wrote in message ...
It's unlikely to be a virus because it would affect other areas of the system instead of just that obscure Zip program. I would remove the program by using its uninstall feature or Add/Remove Programs, and then reinstall it - preferably from a new download of the program. Eric, http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/ http://www.sharedbirthday.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- Help Please; I have been using Winrar 3.2 trial version to unpack some downloaded files and successfully for the past 8 weeks. But suddenly both the Winrar directory and the directory containing all my files unpacked with Winrar have become corrupted! The nature of the corruption is directory names looking like this "@$@$ $.LC" and obviously not accessible. Question is - is this the cause of a virus, if so which one. Or is it a problem with Winrar. Thanks . I'm glad to hear it may not be a virus but I forgot to mention in my origonal posting that I had this occur before, about 3 months ago, when it corrupted about 50% of the directories on my hard drive - including my windows directory. I subsequently ran fdisk and did a complete reinstall. I'm assuming it's the same cause but how come I didn't get rid of it with fdisk? |
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"Brian A." GoneFishn@aFarAwayLake wrote in message ...
I don't/have never used a trial version so I don't know if this will help, I use is v3.3. If you can't get WinRAR to run then this is moot. WinRAR has a repair archive feature, I've never had to use it but you may want to try it. WinRAR also has command line mode you could try. Why not contact them and see if they will help. Mention you're situation and possibly so they do not lose a potential customer they will help. -- Brian A. Conflicts start where information lacks. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "lanman" wrote in message om... Help Please; I have been using Winrar 3.2 trial version to unpack some downloaded files and successfully for the past 8 weeks. But suddenly both the Winrar directory and the directory containing all my files unpacked with Winrar have become corrupted! The nature of the corruption is directory names looking like this "@$@$_¶¸$.LC" and obviously not accessible. Question is - is this the cause of a virus, if so which one. Or is it a problem with Winrar. Thanks Thanks for the advice Brian. It never occurred to me that they may help a trial user! I'll try that avenue out. As for the repair archive feature; well it may work if Winrar recognised the files in the first place (see my earlier post), which is the part I don't understand. Every single file that I used Winrar to create - no matter what directory it was in or when I created it - has got turned into gibberish! I'm going for a faulty Winrar version and will look towards getting Ver3.3 as nobody seems to be reporting any problems with that sofar. Thanks for the help |
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