my folders in hard disk are replaced with folders and files with name "[É╪7╢ª┴.⌡=v"

[sai sharath merige]

my folders in hard disk are replaced with folders and files with name "[É╪7╢ª┴.⌡=v" and similar kind of irregular patterns. the folders are un openable. all the data is un accesable. even the hard disk free space used to be around 450GB now it turned out to be 589MB. i have scanned the hard disk for virus with bit difender and avg but cannot find anything. please find a way out. i have gotta very impotant data over the hard disk and it is the only copy

 

[Sanjay Srivastava]

its a worm

 

[USAFRet]

Some sort of worm or malware.
Run scans with multiple tools, preferably booting from a live CD.

But...

i have gotta very impotant data over the hard disk and it is the only copy

Is not a good idea.

 

[cklaubur]

Have you tried running any disk diagnostics on the drive?

Casey

 

[sai sharath merige]

Have you tried running any disk diagnostics on the drive?

Casey

no i didnt. what's this actually?

 

[cklaubur]

Have you tried running any disk diagnostics on the drive?

Casey

no i didnt. what's this actually?

Either Windows Chkdsk or something like Seagate's Seatools. I'm not entirely convinced you're dealing with malware. I'm thinking either file system corruption or an impending hardware failure.

Casey

 

[sai sharath merige]

its a worm

help me out erasing this from my HDD. i want my data back.

 

[sai sharath merige]

Some sort of worm or malware.
Run scans with multiple tools, preferably booting from a live CD.

But...

i have gotta very impotant data over the hard disk and it is the only copy

Is not a good idea.

ok. i will try something or other. give me a detailed description of what i need to do. i will happy if i can get atleast some of the data.