Let me start by mentioning I didn't have any antivirus software at the time. I used the software that came with my copy of Windows but never resubscribed.
A few months ago I downloaded Advanced System Care and ran the whole 9 yards with their tools. Shortly after I turned on my computer and it seemed slower and all my games and software was deleted from my hard drive.
After using ASC's restore tool to reverse what changes it made I realized it wasn't the programs fault. I then downloaded Norton with the benefits of having Comcast as an ISP. Ran a full scan and didn't find anything of major interest.
Could this have been some form of a virus that would delete all my files? Also I forgot my 1 TB hard drive is almost full even with all the files that were on it gone now. I used to have over 100 games in my Steam library and now I only have 5 downloaded.
I bought new hard drives and was wondering if I should re install Windows using the new hard drive and use old HD as a backup. Thanks for any advice.
Zach
A few months ago I downloaded Advanced System Care and ran the whole 9 yards with their tools. Shortly after I turned on my computer and it seemed slower and all my games and software was deleted from my hard drive.
After using ASC's restore tool to reverse what changes it made I realized it wasn't the programs fault. I then downloaded Norton with the benefits of having Comcast as an ISP. Ran a full scan and didn't find anything of major interest.
Could this have been some form of a virus that would delete all my files? Also I forgot my 1 TB hard drive is almost full even with all the files that were on it gone now. I used to have over 100 games in my Steam library and now I only have 5 downloaded.
I bought new hard drives and was wondering if I should re install Windows using the new hard drive and use old HD as a backup. Thanks for any advice.
Zach