Need Tech Support. Voodoo Virus?

[LrmLrm]

Hello Everyone,

 

My computer gave me a wonderful Christmas present by erasing all my programs (Program Files (86x) on one of my drives. And i cannot figure out why, how or what is doing it.

 

The facts: Earlier today i noticed about half of my desktop icons were missing (mostly games), looked in program files to see half the folders were gone.

 

Restore Point for yesterday: Negative, no help

Scanned for viruses: Negative.

Checked if they were hidden: Negative

Installed and used recovery program: Found all the missing folders, files were corrupt though

 

Started moving any non corrupt files back on the computer. Rebooted only to find the rest of my program files got wiped (everything except for two folders which are empty)

 

All other files on this drive (E Drive) are unaffected and my C drive SSD, (holding all windows files, most used programs, etc) has also be unaffected

 

Changes made today: Changed anti virus (although the first wipe was before i changed anti virus and the second wipe was after i uninstalled it because i thought it may have been the cause).

 

 

Definitely the weirdest computer problem i have found. Any help offered would be awesome!

 

Thanks in advance,

Lachlan 

[Thunderjolt]

Maybe your drive is starting to fail?

[FileCorrupted]

woah thats some weird stuff, all I can say is scan with every AntiVirus under the sun (Malware bytes is a good place to start) And hope you find something. I dont suggest a hard drive wipe.

[FileCorrupted]

Maybe your drive is starting to fail?

Could be but I have never heard of a drive fail like that, the files deleted were to specific (Why all of his Program files and nothing else?)

[FileCorrupted]

If you it comes down to it, consider going to a real IT guy that you know is not just some idiot at staples with an antivirus program lol

[LrmLrm]

Could be but I have never heard of a drive fail like that, the files deleted were to specific (Why all of his Program files and nothing else?)

 

Yes, that's what I've been thinking as well. Its hard to believe that a drive would be failing in this particular way, especially since the drive isn't even a year old. 

 

And it still can read and write perfectly fine, so I don't believe it is the drive failing.

[FileCorrupted]

Yes, that's what I've been thinking as well. Its hard to believe that a drive would be failing in this particular way, especially since the drive isn't even a year old. 

 

And it still can read and write perfectly fine, so I don't believe it is the drive failing.

Yah I think it must be an attack/virus of some kind, ifyou cant figure it out maybe the IT guy can lol