My computer backed itself up

[itsallaboutfriends]

I woke up today and found that my computer is just like the first day I got it. All my programs, all my files, gone. I really have no idea what happened, it wasnt a virus. Fuck my life.

 

[Awezum]

Shit dude, then end of your sentence i couldn't help but lol tho >_<
is there anyone who could have done it as a sick twisted joke?
things like this dont JUST happen :/ approx how many gigs of software u lose?

 

[itsallaboutfriends]

I think i got the fictor virus, which vista reacts to by going to factory settings. No idea how much I lost but my brother lost a lot of school work and I lost a good bit of my programs for work.

 

[KevinW]

are you sure you logged on to the correct login?mabye you accidently logged into guest or something...
A virus can't really revert your computer to a 'new' window state

 

[itsallaboutfriends]

The fictor virus pretty much kills everything on your computer. Which vista restores itself as soon as you get it. I only have one profile thing on my computer, no guest.

 

[KevinW]

ummm, i jus searched what the symptoms of conficker worm does...

Symptoms
Taken from Wikipedia....
* Account lockout policies being reset automatically.
* Certain Microsoft Windows services such as Automatic Updates, Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), Windows Defender and Error Reporting Services disabled.
* Domain controllers responding slowly to client requests.
* Congestion on local area networks.
* Web sites related to antivirus software or the Windows Update service becoming inaccessible.[19]
* User accounts locked out.[20]

 

[natin1337]

maby the power cord got pulled in a weird way? i had a computer get wiped once like you did and i think it was because of that

 

[Damien0124]

Can't you try to do a systemrestore? Maybe your computer still has the backup files.

 

[TJ]

I think i got the fictor virus, which vista reacts to by going to factory settings. No idea how much I lost but my brother lost a lot of school work and I lost a good bit of my programs for work.

Vista doesn't restore itself back to factory just because you got a virus. If every computer did that, no one would bother having a computer.

 

[itsallaboutfriends]

Vista doesn't restore itself back to factory just because you got a virus. If every computer did that, no one would bother having a computer.

A virus that destroys your computer, yes I think they might have a way to prevent it. This was draggin's guess to what happened. If you come up with a better solution say it, otherwise don't judge.

 

[TJ]

A virus that destroys your computer, yes I think they might have a way to prevent it. This was draggin's guess to what happened. If you come up with a better solution say it, otherwise don't judge.

It would just destroy your computer to where you couldn't access anything, it wouldnt restore it back to factory. A computer maker would be idiotic doing this, because most virus's you can remove without reformatting, which will result in lot's of angry customers once they lose 3 years of gained software and files.

 

[itsallaboutfriends]

Then tell me what happened.