corrupt files "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> 11.07.2006 22:27:19 On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. Any help?

Re: corrupt files "Chris Mills" <phad_nospam[ at ]cleardotnet.nz> 12.07.2006 04:15:22 On June 27th at 7:46 pm (my time), no significant event occurred in the world that I'm aware of, which would affect Microsoft Access worldwide. (though I wouldn't discourage you from giving more details than necessary, usually it's the other way around) If all your database files in a folder became corrupt, then (since it's unlikely you were running all of them at the time) you "merely" had an "event" such as a catastrophic failure in your PC. As such, this is hardly to do with Microsoft Access, is it? Do you have backups (including off-site backups)? If not, you will have next time, is my humble opinion. (it's not really a reasonable question. I appreciate you are probably in a panic, and if so stop it) Chris "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message news:1152656839.834755.115220[ at ]75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) > became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same > time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was > da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts > to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > Any help? >

Re: corrupt files "'69 Camaro" <ForwardZERO_SPAM.To.69Camaro[ at ]Spameater.orgZERO_SPAM> 12.07.2006 14:26:00 Hi. [Quoted Text] > I think the file that did it was > da8f5167.exe. This isn't a common enough file that other people know what it actually is or does. However, what makes you think that this executable corrupted your files? Does it open the database files in Word and then save them, something guaranteed to corrupt Access database files? > In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > data appears. Is it possible that these database files were opened in Access 2000 or a later version and then converted to that later version? Access 97 will claim "Unrecognized database format" when you try to open a later version database file format. > I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. Presumably, you tried to repair it. Have you also tried JetComp? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295334/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273956/EN-US/ HTH. Gunny See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact info. "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message news:1152656839.834755.115220[ at ]75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) > became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same > time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was > da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts > to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > Any help? >

Re: corrupt files Vanessa Jennings 12.07.2006 15:25:02 also try creating a new container and then import the data to it, and try opening the data tables then...sometimes this has worked for me in the past.. "'69 Camaro" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi. > > > I think the file that did it was > > da8f5167.exe. > > This isn't a common enough file that other people know what it actually is > or does. However, what makes you think that this executable corrupted your > files? Does it open the database files in Word and then save them, > something guaranteed to corrupt Access database files? > > > In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > > data appears. > > Is it possible that these database files were opened in Access 2000 or a > later version and then converted to that later version? Access 97 will > claim "Unrecognized database format" when you try to open a later version > database file format. > > > I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > > Presumably, you tried to repair it. Have you also tried JetComp? > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295334/en-us > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273956/EN-US/ > > HTH. > Gunny > > See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. > See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. > http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact > info. > > > "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message > news:1152656839.834755.115220[ at ]75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) > > became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same > > time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was > > da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts > > to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > > data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > > Any help? > > > > >

Re: corrupt files "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> 12.07.2006 18:57:29 Thanks for the tip. I tried the JetComp and the software said it could not recognize the file. There were approx. 100 files in this folder. Most of them were in subfolders. All the files now have the same date and time on them. Some were mdb and some were xls files. Even if I tried to open all the folders in a short period of time, they would not have the same time on them. Mdb and Xls files in other folders were not corrupted. This file, da8f5167.exe, was in my system 32 folder. It also had the same time on it. It will not open when I click on it. When I right click on it, the properties have no id as to what software company wrote it.I have googled the file and it is not recognized. I have run PC Tools Antivirus software on my computer a dozen times and it does not see it. I have tried to import the data into new mdb files and it will not work. If this is a new virus it is powerful. '69 Camaro wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi. > > > I think the file that did it was > > da8f5167.exe. > > This isn't a common enough file that other people know what it actually is > or does. However, what makes you think that this executable corrupted your > files? Does it open the database files in Word and then save them, > something guaranteed to corrupt Access database files? > > > In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > > data appears. > > Is it possible that these database files were opened in Access 2000 or a > later version and then converted to that later version? Access 97 will > claim "Unrecognized database format" when you try to open a later version > database file format. > > > I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > > Presumably, you tried to repair it. Have you also tried JetComp? > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295334/en-us > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273956/EN-US/ > > HTH. > Gunny > > See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. > See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. > http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact > info. > > > "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message > news:1152656839.834755.115220[ at ]75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) > > became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same > > time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was > > da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts > > to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > > data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > > Any help? > >

Re: corrupt files "'69 Camaro" <ForwardZERO_SPAM.To.69Camaro[ at ]Spameater.orgZERO_SPAM> 13.07.2006 18:07:28 Hi. [Quoted Text] > I tried the JetComp and the software said it could > not recognize the file. They're hosed then. Jet requires a very specific file architecture, and if it's changed outside of Jet's operations, then Jet probably won't be able to open it ever again. Check how many bytes each MDB file has. It should be a multiple of 4096, because that's the size of a data page. If the file size is other than a multiple of 4096 bytes, then data was added or subtracted from the file, which shouldn't happen unless a virus is involved or someone is messing with the file, like opening it in Word and then saving it in Word. > Mdb and Xls files in other folders were not corrupted. I wonder what's "special" about this directory and subdirectory and not the others. > This file, da8f5167.exe, was in my system 32 folder. It also had the > same time on it. Could it have been downloaded from an infected E-mail you received? Perhaps there's a prefetch command (*.pf) that downloaded this file from the Internet without your knowledge. If so, you can see which Web site was the source. > It will not open when I click on it. Don't click on files where you don't know what will happen! That's how many computer disasters start. > I have run PC Tools Antivirus software on my computer a dozen times and > it does not see it. No anti-virus software application catches all the viruses, but some are better than others. Try another antivirus application and see if it picks up what yours hasn't. > If this is a new virus it is powerful. It's got the symptoms of a virus, I'll grant you that. HTH. Gunny See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact info. "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message news:1152730649.534930.49320[ at ]35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Thanks for the tip. I tried the JetComp and the software said it could > not recognize the file. > > There were approx. 100 files in this folder. Most of them were in > subfolders. All the files now have the same date and time on them. Some > were mdb and some were xls files. Even if I tried to open all the > folders in a short period of time, they would not have the same time on > them. > Mdb and Xls files in other folders were not corrupted. > This file, da8f5167.exe, was in my system 32 folder. It also had the > same time on it. It will not open when I click on it. When I right > click on it, the properties have no id as to what software company > wrote it.I have googled the file and it is not recognized. > I have run PC Tools Antivirus software on my computer a dozen times and > it does not see it. > I have tried to import the data into new mdb files and it will not > work. > > If this is a new virus it is powerful. > > '69 Camaro wrote: >> Hi. >> >> > I think the file that did it was >> > da8f5167.exe. >> >> This isn't a common enough file that other people know what it actually >> is >> or does. However, what makes you think that this executable corrupted >> your >> files? Does it open the database files in Word and then save them, >> something guaranteed to corrupt Access database files? >> >> > In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no >> > data appears. >> >> Is it possible that these database files were opened in Access 2000 or a >> later version and then converted to that later version? Access 97 will >> claim "Unrecognized database format" when you try to open a later version >> database file format. >> >> > I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. >> >> Presumably, you tried to repair it. Have you also tried JetComp? >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295334/en-us >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273956/EN-US/ >> >> HTH. >> Gunny >> >> See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. >> See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. >> http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact >> info. >> >> >> "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message >> news:1152656839.834755.115220[ at ]75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >> > On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) >> > became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same >> > time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was >> > da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts >> > to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no >> > data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. >> > Any help? >> > >

Re: corrupt files "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> 16.07.2006 02:09:48 I appreciate your responses. I have a friend who looked at the file somehow and said it was blank with "{" repeated many times at the beginning of the file. My old data was one week old but better that no back up at all. I hope that the person who wrote this virus, his armpits are infested with the fleas of a thousand camels. '69 Camaro wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi. > > > I tried the JetComp and the software said it could > > not recognize the file. > > They're hosed then. Jet requires a very specific file architecture, and if > it's changed outside of Jet's operations, then Jet probably won't be able to > open it ever again. Check how many bytes each MDB file has. It should be a > multiple of 4096, because that's the size of a data page. If the file size > is other than a multiple of 4096 bytes, then data was added or subtracted > from the file, which shouldn't happen unless a virus is involved or someone > is messing with the file, like opening it in Word and then saving it in > Word. > > > Mdb and Xls files in other folders were not corrupted. > > I wonder what's "special" about this directory and subdirectory and not the > others. > > > This file, da8f5167.exe, was in my system 32 folder. It also had the > > same time on it. > > Could it have been downloaded from an infected E-mail you received? Perhaps > there's a prefetch command (*.pf) that downloaded this file from the > Internet without your knowledge. If so, you can see which Web site was the > source. > > > It will not open when I click on it. > > Don't click on files where you don't know what will happen! That's how many > computer disasters start. > > > I have run PC Tools Antivirus software on my computer a dozen times and > > it does not see it. > > No anti-virus software application catches all the viruses, but some are > better than others. Try another antivirus application and see if it picks > up what yours hasn't. > > > If this is a new virus it is powerful. > > It's got the symptoms of a virus, I'll grant you that. > > HTH. > Gunny > > See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. > See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. > http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact > info. > > > "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message > news:1152730649.534930.49320[ at ]35g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > Thanks for the tip. I tried the JetComp and the software said it could > > not recognize the file. > > > > There were approx. 100 files in this folder. Most of them were in > > subfolders. All the files now have the same date and time on them. Some > > were mdb and some were xls files. Even if I tried to open all the > > folders in a short period of time, they would not have the same time on > > them. > > Mdb and Xls files in other folders were not corrupted. > > This file, da8f5167.exe, was in my system 32 folder. It also had the > > same time on it. It will not open when I click on it. When I right > > click on it, the properties have no id as to what software company > > wrote it.I have googled the file and it is not recognized. > > I have run PC Tools Antivirus software on my computer a dozen times and > > it does not see it. > > I have tried to import the data into new mdb files and it will not > > work. > > > > If this is a new virus it is powerful. > > > > '69 Camaro wrote: > >> Hi. > >> > >> > I think the file that did it was > >> > da8f5167.exe. > >> > >> This isn't a common enough file that other people know what it actually > >> is > >> or does. However, what makes you think that this executable corrupted > >> your > >> files? Does it open the database files in Word and then save them, > >> something guaranteed to corrupt Access database files? > >> > >> > In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > >> > data appears. > >> > >> Is it possible that these database files were opened in Access 2000 or a > >> later version and then converted to that later version? Access 97 will > >> claim "Unrecognized database format" when you try to open a later version > >> database file format. > >> > >> > I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > >> > >> Presumably, you tried to repair it. Have you also tried JetComp? > >> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/295334/en-us > >> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273956/EN-US/ > >> > >> HTH. > >> Gunny > >> > >> See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs. > >> See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials. > >> http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/expert_contributors2.html for contact > >> info. > >> > >> > >> "sidfarkas" <valleymail[ at ]b2xonline.com> wrote in message > >> news:1152656839.834755.115220[ at ]75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > >> > On June 27th at 7:46 pm all my database files ( in the same folder) > >> > became corrupt( Probably around 100 different files all with the same > >> > time stamp of June 27 7:46 pm) I think the file that did it was > >> > da8f5167.exe. I can see the data briefly in excel when the file starts > >> > to open. In Access 97, the message starts with unrecognized file and no > >> > data appears. I have tried a lot of stuff but none of it seems to work. > >> > Any help? > >> > > >