Hello everyone,
guess why I'm here?
After many years of not being affected any serious malware/viruses I'm now trying to deal with this situation. Searching Google brought me here. Thanks for the info provided so far. I'm curious about the source of this thing. From what I've read so far, it seems that it's delivered through your browser after viewing a comprimised web site? This just happened to me today, and I used both Opera 12.0 and Firefox 12.0. As a matter of fact, Firefox updated itself just before I noticed my screwed up files. Also, I'm currently using MS Security Essentials (which I'm pretty f'ing pissed at right now) for protection. Anyway, I was curious about similarities with what I'm using compared to others that are affected. The first thing I did to resolve my PC was to roll it back a couple of days with System Restore, but that did nothing as everyone knows already. I'l try the data recovery procedures described in this thread maybe tomorrow night when I have more time.
Thanks
[edit: Clarified subject.]