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on: June 26, 2013, 08:41:50 pm
Hello I installed a few mods, noticed a good mod called "new great effects 1.6" downloaded it, had to download SAMI, downloaded that, installed both and my game wouldn't start, so I uninstalled SAMI and NGEF, after that I went int my GTA directory, it said there is no GTA to be found, so I went back in my steam to my "commons" so I clicked on that, there was nothing, I went even more back, than it put me onto the "computer" screen and showed my HDD completely erased and my SSD still fine, I don't know what happened but I had about 2h worth of footage to put on youtube, all my games, all my projects, everything on there, please help me, I don't know what happened, I don't have any anti virus or anything.. please help.

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Reply #1 on: June 26, 2013, 08:44:26 pm
SAMI isn't the cause of your problem for sure



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Reply #2 on: June 26, 2013, 08:45:30 pm
SAMI isn't the cause of your problem for sure
have you tried uninstalling SAMI?


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Reply #3 on: June 26, 2013, 08:45:50 pm
If you have any copy for the original gta3 before installing GTA mods,so just delete the previous one and copy that one there,if you don't have one so please,try to re-install your GTA.
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Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 08:47:15 pm
I don't know what happened, I don't have any anti virus or anything.. please help.

Well I know what happened, it's rather simple.. No anti-virus is like walking around in Africa hoping to not get malaria from a mosquito.
Firstly install an Anti-Virus program like Avast Free and scan your entire PC, the next thing you will need to do is try data recovery methods.

To begin with, try this program: http://www.formatted-recovery.com/format-recovery-external.html
Another good program is Recuva, I have used it a few months ago on a drive which became corrupt, fortunately I was able to save some of the data.
You can get Recuva from here: http://www.piriform.com/recuva
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Reply #5 on: June 26, 2013, 08:48:33 pm
have you tried uninstalling SAMI?

SAMI is just a program to install mods easily.
It can't effect your game like this.



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Reply #6 on: June 26, 2013, 08:51:35 pm
SAMI is just a program to install mods easily.
It can't effect your game like this.
everything you install, everything that you download can have a virus on it, remember that, everything.. and yes even pron..


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Reply #7 on: June 26, 2013, 08:56:17 pm
There's a possibility that your files attributes may have changed, check whether files are not hidden.

Click on "Start" --> In search box, type "cmd" and press Enter.

This will open Command Prompt

Enter this command.

attrib -h -r -s /s /d a:\*.*

You can copy the above command --> Right-click in the Command Prompt and paste it.

Now press "Enter".

Now check if there's any files within your drive.



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Reply #8 on: June 26, 2013, 09:58:47 pm
I've worked on this problem for Jack now using Teamviewer, files have been semi-confirmed as getting deleted (checked using Recuva) Hence changing attributes won't really work, but it's a worthwhile tip and I'll help Jack check that one just to be extra sure so it can be confirmed if the attributes where changed or if the files was deleted. As for protection, I've also instructed and guided jack towards the process of securing the computer.


Let this be a lesson to those of you reading who are not computer savvy enough: Do not install everything you see on a whim. Jack is very lucky that the virus author did not have enough knowledge to truly delete his files. Hopefully, a full recovery will be made using Recuva.



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Reply #9 on: June 26, 2013, 10:02:21 pm
A reputable Anti-Virus program, along with a trust worthy Anti-Malware program is always a must for any computer connected to a network, even a local area network with no internet connectivity.



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Reply #10 on: June 26, 2013, 10:04:58 pm
A reputable Anti-Virus program, along with a trust worthy Anti-Malware program is always a must for any computer connected to a network, even a local area network with no internet connectivity.

Very true. I'm in agreement with you there Devin.

(Not Norton or anything from Symantec however, no matter how well profiled or reputable they look. That company needs to die someday, just pointing it out).


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Reply #11 on: June 26, 2013, 10:07:16 pm
Hence me mentioning an Anti-Virus like Avast earlier, and malware protection such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, those are two programs which I haven't had a single problem with and I have used them for many years.



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Reply #12 on: June 26, 2013, 10:33:50 pm
Hence me mentioning an Anti-Virus like Avast earlier, and malware protection such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, those are two programs which I haven't had a single problem with and I have used them for many years.

Yhe. :)
SUPERAntiSpyware and SpyBot Search & Destroy are not to shabby tough. Check them out. Especially Spybot Search & Destroy. It has a feature dedicated to browser security, in which it optimizes and plugs security holes like a boss.

We used a combo of Avast, SUPERAntiSpyware and Spybot Search & Destroy, coupled with some Hexidecimal analysis of the trojan, and a little amount of reverse engineering to defeat a extremely nasty Trojan that infected the IT school i went to between 2007-2010 (The trojan infected the school at my last and third year). The IT "experts" and the company behind the school was at a complete loss for it.

The most of the honor goes to a semi-friend who shall not be named who suggsested SUPERAntiSpyware.

Using some EXE reverse engineering and Hexadecimal editing, we discovered it did this:

*Neutralise and exploit a security hole in F-Secure to make it lagg/be unable to peform normal operations, while looking normal still.

*Spread itself using AutoRun functions, even if you did decline the "Open this bla bla with this" prompt, hence it could only be safely accessed for reverse engineering if you opened it trough DOS prompt.

*Infected any USB drive inserted instantly in silent mode.

*At a certain date, it would override the safety mechanism and prevent the computer from shutting down, and also overloading the CPU and motherboard in order to literally make the computer heat up to dangerous levels. IN short, the computer would eventually catch fire. We monitored this behavior on a older laptop that was going to be destroyed anyways, we stopped the experiment when the computer started smoking (we had to remove the battery with gloves on and anti-chemical face screen for protection).

*At run, it instantly removes the necessary drivers and modifies the registery negatively in order to start .EXE files. However, the author forgot to nullify the .COM file extension (which we used to install the triple security routine I just mentioned).

*It had a icon resembling that of a purple octopus with 4 legs (very stupid move of the author because it instantly made it suspicious once we isolated it).

*It changed the registry options to prevent you from viewing hidden files, then installed a hidden System 32 folder.


The school IT expert notified F-secure company of the Virus existence, and it took a good week before they had included it into the database.

The school stole the honor of discovering, preventing and saving 199/200 school laptops from us (The last laptop had to be completely wiped, the other 199 made a full recovery with no data loss). We got nothing for doing this. Which we should have, considering they could have lost equipment for roughly 450 thousand dollars.

Today, I and my friends would not have helped the school at all. We did the hard work and did not get a single cent out of preventing this potentially dangerous disaster from happening.


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Reply #13 on: June 26, 2013, 11:49:37 pm
Yhe. :)
SUPERAntiSpyware and SpyBot Search & Destroy are not to shabby tough. Check them out. Especially Spybot Search & Destroy. It has a feature dedicated to browser security, in which it optimizes and plugs security holes like a boss.

We used a combo of Avast, SUPERAntiSpyware and Spybot Search & Destroy, coupled with some Hexidecimal analysis of the trojan, and a little amount of reverse engineering to defeat a extremely nasty Trojan that infected the IT school i went to between 2007-2010 (The trojan infected the school at my last and third year). The IT "experts" and the company behind the school was at a complete loss for it.

The most of the honor goes to a semi-friend who shall not be named who suggsested SUPERAntiSpyware.

Using some EXE reverse engineering and Hexadecimal editing, we discovered it did this:

*Neutralise and exploit a security hole in F-Secure to make it lagg/be unable to peform normal operations, while looking normal still.

*Spread itself using AutoRun functions, even if you did decline the "Open this bla bla with this" prompt, hence it could only be safely accessed for reverse engineering if you opened it trough DOS prompt.

*Infected any USB drive inserted instantly in silent mode.

*At a certain date, it would override the safety mechanism and prevent the computer from shutting down, and also overloading the CPU and motherboard in order to literally make the computer heat up to dangerous levels. IN short, the computer would eventually catch fire. We monitored this behavior on a older laptop that was going to be destroyed anyways, we stopped the experiment when the computer started smoking (we had to remove the battery with gloves on and anti-chemical face screen for protection).

*At run, it instantly removes the necessary drivers and modifies the registery negatively in order to start .EXE files. However, the author forgot to nullify the .COM file extension (which we used to install the triple security routine I just mentioned).

*It had a icon resembling that of a purple octopus with 4 legs (very stupid move of the author because it instantly made it suspicious once we isolated it).

*It changed the registry options to prevent you from viewing hidden files, then installed a hidden System 32 folder.


The school IT expert notified F-secure company of the Virus existence, and it took a good week before they had included it into the database.

The school stole the honor of discovering, preventing and saving 199/200 school laptops from us (The last laptop had to be completely wiped, the other 199 made a full recovery with no data loss). We got nothing for doing this. Which we should have, considering they could have lost equipment for roughly 450 thousand dollars.

Today, I and my friends would not have helped the school at all. We did the hard work and did not get a single cent out of preventing this potentially dangerous disaster from happening.
Hence me mentioning an Anti-Virus like Avast earlier, and malware protection such as Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, those are two programs which I haven't had a single problem with and I have used them for many years.
you guys show what a community is capable of, thank you so much, now to see if the virus is gone and if my files can be restored

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Oh and how didn't anybody notice the name of my disc; A Potato.. potato.. its funny.. because.. potatoes.. oh well..


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Reply #14 on: June 27, 2013, 12:49:39 am
Just re-download the porn you had downloaded and stored it there. <3



 


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