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Pbovat2979
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2 years ago

Why have my image file extensions changed from .jpg to .vbs?

Hello all, I do not go into my dropbox and look at my old stored photos much. So I was suptised to see that for some reason my files have been changed from .jpg to a .vbs. I can no longer see my pic...
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Pbovat2979
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Rich,

Here is a few lines from the txt file.

 

rem barok -loveletter(vbe) <i hate go to school>
rem by: spyder / ispyder@mail.com / @GRAMMERSoft Group / Manila,Philippines
On Error Resume Next
dim fso,dirsystem,dirwin,dirtemp,eq,ctr,file,vbscopy,dow
eq=""
ctr=0
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
set file = fso.OpenTextFile(WScript.ScriptFullname,1)
vbscopy=file.ReadAll
main()
sub main()
On Error Resume Next
dim wscr,rr

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Rich
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2 years ago
@Pbovat2979 wrote:

rem barok -loveletter(vbe) <i hate go to school>

Wow! I haven't seen that in a long time. What you're seeing there is a virus that originated 24 years ago, known as the LoveLetter virus, the ILOVEYOU worm or the Love Bug worm. Take a look at the this page for more information, and I'd suggest a Google search as well.

 

You'll want to make sure your computers are cleaned with a well known antivirus. If your files were altered recently you may be able to recover them using your Deleted Files or previous versions, but I suspect the infection happened a long time ago and went unnoticed. If that's the case, Dropbox wouldn't be able to recover the files.

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    Pbovat2979
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    I don't understand I have a virus Software that is up-to-date, Webroot I run it often. I just scanned and nothing found? Is it possible that this happened on drop box? I went to try and "restore" but it shows nothing to restore.

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