.ecc files

[carlosc]

Is there any possibility of recovering .ecc files?


I've been out during 5 days and when I turned on the computer it was incredibly slow but I was still unpacking my stuff. later i noticed a bunch of files turning into .ecc and afraid of virus or malware I restored my windows XP to last week, as it was before i get out of home.

 

but now i have some wierd txts with text about how to get the files back, and a bunch of 'converted' files. many of them were recent photos of vacations and important events. others were photos of music sheet, papers, boards. a lot of info from my classes i would save it in pictures and have it on cellphone or tablet to avoid having tons of papper around. 

 

I had a lot of stuff that i studdy in those pictures i just lost the papers etc. and it's very important to me to get the files back. 

I've read some tutorials and tried some 'recovery' softwares but some would'nt even work on my computer, others didn't work at all. I guess I already removed the mallware with malwarebytes and spybot, i used to have avira aswell. sistem restoration was fine but i only did it like 2 or 3 hours after booting the computer. so it spent tones of time converting files. 

any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance. 

[Firefox]

Hello and Welcome!

Sounds like you may have been hit with some variant of the CryptoLocker Ransomware. If that is the case, the malware itself can be removed and the computer will be back to working order, but as for your data, it has been encrypted and there is no way of getting it back unless you had backups.

To have one of the experts help you with removing the infection, feel free to follow the instructions below to receive free, one-on-one expert assistance in checking your system and clearing out any infections and correcting any damage done by the malware.

Please see the following pinned topic which has information on how to get help with this: Available Assistance for Possibly Infected Computers

Thank you