Computer virus, although not being the biggest cause of data loss, contribute to almost 7% of total data loss. A virus is a self-replicating software program that automatically spreads in your computer and corrupts or destroys, all or selected files and folders. In most cases of virus attack, you encounter a strange error message, unpredictable behavior of your system, and more. An ideal way to overcome all the above hazards created by virus attack, you will need to restore the data from your updated backup. However, if you have not maintained any backup or backup falls short to restore the required information, then you will need to use File Recovery software that recovers all your lost and missing files and folders.

Few error messages that you might encounter after your computer gets infected by a virus are discussed below:

“Bad or missing command interpreter. Enter name of command interpreter. “ “Type Happy birthday Joshi” “Driver Memory Error” “Sector not Found” “globalroot/systemroot/system32/MSIVXkgmbhmtedyorpvxfmfpxotqcgahemuwb.dll is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error. Try installing the program again using the original installation media or contact your system administrator or the software vendor for support.”

There can numerous other strange error messages that might occur after a virus attack. Few common ways by which your computer system can get corrupted are – e-mails (with or without attachments), downloading files from Internet, connecting a storage device that is virus-infected, and more. To prevent your computer system from getting virus infected, you will need to follow the below measures:

Use an updated anti-virus software. Perform a virus scan at least once in a week. Scan all the e-mails before sending or receiving them. Always scan the storage media before connecting it to your computer system. Keep your web browser and operating system up-to-date.

However, if your computer still gets affected by computer virus even after following the above measures, then will need to use advanced File Recovery application to recover your lost data. These Partition Recovery tools ensure absolute recovery of all files and folders after almost all kinds of virus attacks.

Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery is an effective Partition Recoveryapplication that recovers your lost or missing data after all kinds of virus infections. The tool supports recovery from FAT32, VFAT, NTFS, and NTFS5 file systems based volumes. It is compatible with 185 different file systems that can be further extended. The tool is designed for Windows 7 (Currently in RC1), Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000.