You need to run the Norton tools on the infected Windows pc. Matthias
> Am 27.12.2015 um 16:51 schrieb Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>: > > On 27/12/15 17:36, Matthias Rebbe | M-R-D wrote: >> >> Richmond, >> >>> Am 27.12.2015 um 16:22 schrieb Richmond <richmondmathew...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> One of my employees is in the sh*t as she has been running a computer with >>> Windows XP and >>> NO virus protection, and NOT backing up her files; so ALL the photos of her >>> kids over the last 8 years have >>> "gone down the tubes". >>> >>> Having hooked her hard drive up to my Linux box I can see that all her JPG >>> files have had ".xtxxxdn" attached to the >>> end of their names >> Are the jpeg file okay and only their names end with xtxxxdn? >> >>> (NO, removing '.xtxxxdn' is insufficient), and likewise with DOC files. >> What does that mean? Is it not possible? >> >> Did you try to move the ipegs to an usb stick for example and tried to >> remove the suffix under Mac OS X or Linux? >> >> >>> I can find no reference to '.xtxxxdn' on the internet and wonder if anyone >>> on the Use-List can help me, as one small >>> family would have a much happier Christmas if I could get all their family >>> photos back. >>> >> You could try if the free Norton Rescue tools still run under XP. >> >> https://security.symantec.com/nbrt/overview.aspx?lcid=1031&NUCLANG=en-us >> >> >>> Richmond. >> I keep my fingers crossed. >> >> Matthias >> >> > Thank you very much for your suggestions. > > I have tried removing the suffixation on Linux and am still unable to open > the JPEGS: > > "Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x9f 0xe1" > > "Not a JPEG file: starts with 0x5f 0x13" > > as you can see from those 2 example it looks as though the virus has written > stuff at the start of > the files. > > I do not have access to a machine running Windows (I have machines running > Linux, Mac OS 10.5 and Mac OS 9.2). > > However, I will try to see if the free Norton Rescue tools will run under > WINE 1.9. > > Best, Richmond. > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
