[AccessD] Unrecognized Database Format (Access 2007) ? Virus Infection

John W Colby jwcolby at gmail.com
Wed Apr 2 20:27:09 CDT 2014


It sounds like the encrypted file extortion scheme.  They encrypt it, then "sell" the key to get the 
files unencrypted.

Not good.

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 4/2/2014 9:02 PM, Brad Marks wrote:
> All,
>
> Unfortunately, the small firm that I work for part time was infected with a nasty virus last week.  This virus has somehow changed a large number of Word, Excel, PDF, and Access 2007 files so that they cannot be opened.
>
> For several years, virus prevention responsibilities have been outsourced to a local independent contractor.  He has been onsite all week and is pulling his hair out.  A virus protection package called Bit-Defender has been in use for a couple years.
>
> I know that this is a long shot, but I thought that someone here on AccessD may have run into this same problem.  I am not responsible for virus prevention, but I would like to help solve this mystery.
>
> Thanks,
> Brad
>
>



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