Recover a deleted file from Trojan attack

What is Trojan?

Trojan is a malicious computer program which hackers use to hack into a computer so that to steal the user’s data. The Trojan usually appears innocent, so generally you will not aware of their existence when you are downloading programs or files. Once you have downloaded the files, you will find some strange programs automatically installed in your computer. Even you have no time to prevent them. When you realized what are happening on your computer, things has gotten out of control. Your computer become freeze, or you cannot use some of your programs, files. Some files may have disappear after that. When the Trojan virus attack your computer, you have no way to stop it. After the Trojan attack, what should we do to remove the Trojan, recover the lost files and prevent the possible Trojan attack in the future?

Before you can recover your files and use your computer normally, you must remove the Trojan from your computer first.

How to remove the Trojan from infected computer?

First, you need to back up all the files on computer to an external storage device.

Second, disconnect the computer from the Internet, run the anti-virus software to scan the entire computer so that to remove the Trojan.

Third, connect the computer to Internet again, and then run the anti-virus software to scan the computer again.

Fourth, you can reboot the computer. The Trojan in your computer has been removed, then you can restore the backup files to the computer again.

Howto recover the lost files after Trojan attack?

If you found you have lost files after the Trojan attack, you still have chance to recover them. Generally, there are three ways for you to recover the files lost from Trojan attack.

First, you can recover lost files from backups.

If you have backed up the files before the Trojan attack, you can easily restore the files from the backup.

Second, you can recover files with command prompt.

If you have no backups, you have to try other ways. CMD command is a common used way to fix many problems. You can recover your lost files after Trojan attack with the CMD command.

Open the CMD.exe, type: ATTRIB –H –R –S /S /D E:\ , press Enter. The letter “E” stands for the location where you lost files.

Click OK, and wait for a moment, you will find all the lost files have been restored to their previous place.

Third, you can recover lost files with file recovery software.

File recovery software comparatively is an easier way to restore the lost files. It can help you to retrieve data in different kinds of data loss situations. If you have no backup and fails to recover files with CMD, you can try to use a kind of data recovery software to retrieve the lost files.

Launch the Hdatarecovery software on your computer.

Start the software and then choose a recovery mode. If you do not know to choose which recovery mode, you can click the Universal Recovery.

Choose the partition which you have data loss after Trojan attack to scan.

Wait for the scanning ends, then preview the results, check the files and folders you need to recover.

Choose a recovery path to store the files.

At last, you have successfully restored your files lost from Trojan attack. Please keep in mind that, you should use anti-virus software to scan the computer first before you start recovery. After you have removed the Trojan from your computer, no Trojan will damage your computer and files. To prevent you suffering from future possible Trojan attack, you should pay more attention to click and download files on Internet; Update the latest version of anti-virus software is necessary.