contents of download folder was deleted and overwritten.
i upgraded to ff 34.0.5 yesterday. folder f:\downloads is the default download folder for my previous ff. what happened next is something deleted all my folders and files in the f:\downloads folder and the worst part is all those folders and files are irrecoverable using undelete softwares (all my files and folders were delibrately overwritten. total more than 30GB of data). my folders and files were there yesterday before i upgraded ff. what was found in f:\downloads now was deleted firefox components files only. my folders and files were not only deleted but were overwritten all 30GB too. this is not an accident but a planned delibrate irresponsible action.
please advise.
Wšykne wótegrona (2)
@joseph66
if the f:\downloads folder is still present, simply right click on it and choose properties.
Next go to previous versions.
IF you have system restore activated, you will hopefully see some previous versions listed like in the example attached.
I recommend selecting one, and then hit open. IF you stuff is there i suggest copying back to that folder. NOT restoring as I am not 100% how you download folder got deleted to begin with. my suggestion anyways.
Hopefully that helps
Best regards
There are other things that need your attention.
Your System Details List shows multiple outdated Flash plugins.
- Shockwave Flash 11.8 r800
- Shockwave Flash 10.1 r85
You can find the installation path of all plugins on the about:plugins page.
You can check the Flash player installation folder for multiple Flash player plugins and remove older version(s) of the plugin (NPSWF32) and possibly (re)install the latest Flash player.
- (32 bit Windows) C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash\
- (64 bit Windows) C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\
Do a malware check with several malware scanning programs on the Windows computer. Please scan with all programs because each program detects different malware. All these programs have free versions.
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - AdwCleaner:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/Removal-Tools/AdwCleaner.shtml - SuperAntispyware:
http://www.superantispyware.com/ - Microsoft Safety Scanner:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx - Windows Defender:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-defender - Spybot Search & Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Kasperky Free Security Scan:
http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
You can also do a check for a rootkit infection with TDSSKiller.
- Anti-rootkit utility TDSSKiller:
http://support.kaspersky.com/5350?el=88446
See also: