overwrite virus targeting MS Office Documents

[myerssl]

I have a friend in a small business that asked for some help regarding a
virus attack that happened on thier server. It looks like all of the MS
Office documents and Foxpro databases have random characters in them, (we are
talking about hundreds of files), and are not useable. All other files are
fine (.txt, publisher files, etc.) Does any one know of any overwrite
viruses that specifically attack MS and/or does anyone know a method to
repair the documents/files.

 

[Malke]

myerssl wrote:
> I have a friend in a small business that asked for some help regarding a
> virus attack that happened on thier server. It looks like all of the MS
> Office documents and Foxpro databases have random characters in them, (we are
> talking about hundreds of files), and are not useable. All other files are
> fine (.txt, publisher files, etc.) Does any one know of any overwrite
> viruses that specifically attack MS and/or does anyone know a method to
> repair the documents/files.

There are a lot of viruses that do this sort of thing. There is
generally no way to repair the files unless the virus just appended
something to the code. Random characters would make it impossible. Your
friend should 1) clean up the system or 2) have a professional clean up
the system or 3) do a clean install - but don't forget to check all the
other computers connected on the network 4) and restore files from backup.


Malke
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"myerssl" <myerssl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9FC670C6-1898-46DD-AED3-7A6488B944C0@microsoft.com...
>I have a friend in a small business that asked for some help regarding a
> virus attack that happened on thier server. It looks like all of the MS
> Office documents and Foxpro databases have random characters in them, (we
> are
> talking about hundreds of files), and are not useable. All other files
> are
> fine (.txt, publisher files, etc.) Does any one know of any overwrite
> viruses that specifically attack MS and/or does anyone know a method to
> repair the documents/files.