Yeah, unless he has a clean backup he is screwed. Also faults in flash cards can cause similar problems.
> -----Original Message----- > From: So Kenfused [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Virus that attacks images? > > A friend called asking for help with the digital photos on his PC. > > Some of the images have been on his PC for a eyar or two and have worked > just fine. Others were recently downloaded from his Sony cybershot. > > He has had some PC trouble recently and as a result installed what appears > to be a second instance of XP on his PC. The first instance of XP no > longer works, that is why he installed another instance. > > Now he goes to open his images and the weirdness begins. He can view them > in thumbnail view in the folder, they appear whole. However, if he clicks > on them he gets various messages depending on the file association. For > instance in Paint, the error says "Draw Failure", Other programs show the > file path and file error. > > If I try to open the images in IE about a 1/4 inch of the photo displays > from the top down. The rest of the image fails. > > He copied the images to a cd and brought them to work. Same failures. We > loaded new images on his PC and they open fine. > > It seems as though something has attacked all of his JPG files and > destroyed them. > > I've asked him to update his virus software and try running it. But I am > out of ideas. > > Anyone run into anything like this? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:204457 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
