My folder's turned into 1 KB Shortcuts on my 500 GB WD Hard Drive, it seems like memory in my HD is used, but when i click in to open folder it says that file cannot find :(

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My files was 2kb

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Well, it's obviously your external WD drive infected with virus which stop you from accessing the data by turning them into shortcuts (such as 1KB or 2KB). This blog article how to fix folder become shortcuts should help you out. Follow the step by step please. Note: do not attempt to format the drive before you try.

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I believe this is a trojan. I have the same problem. I found by going into Properties-shortcut tab- you have to rename the shortcut to the correct shortcut. You should notice some wierd file name like "keuiku.scr." Simply rename it to the original name and it works for me.

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It sounds like your hard drive is virus infected. Have you tried to scan this drive with your computer antivirus tool?
You should always be careful when you decide to separate/delete some suspicious files.
Or you prefer to firstly use a hard drive data recovery freeware that could deeply scan your computer and recover back all your needed data back:
http://www.freeware-fix.blogspot.com/2013/02/hard-drive-recovery.html

Remember to back up everything important on different drives next time.

Posted on Aug 28, 2013

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