BorisTheFurious Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Yeah. Not my saves, but the actual program files within D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Skyrim The folders are all still there (Data, DirectX, VCRedist, etc) as well as their subfolders (including those from mods, like FNIS) but there are no actual files in all the folders. I can't think of any way that this could have happened. I've searched my computer and the files aren't anywhere, nor have they been deleted in a conventional sense because they aren't in my recycle bin which hasn't been emptied for a few days. I was playing fine yesterday, I only noticed this today when I tried to open Mod Organizer and it said it couldn't find the Skyrim file. Does anyone have an idea of what caused this? I've looked around and can't find anyone having a similar problem, so my only guess is that perhaps ModOrganizer did something considering the way it handles mods, though I can't see how that would work.
Guest Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Did you uninstall the Creation Kit recently? The same thing happened to me about a year ago.
winny257 Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 that is also my suspicion. (virus)I had a similar problem, but much dramatic! I had installed a mod of nexus, in this mod a program was hidden the my Processor Overclocking let and has destroyed him!this mod was a few days later from Nexus removed because it several people just as happened and the themselves complained have!
BorisTheFurious Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 as if mo could do that it's a virus Why would a virus do something like that?
Melviclilith Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 as if mo could do that it's a virus Why would a virus do something like that? Your asking the wrong question. Its "why WOULDN'T someone program a virus just to wipe out your favorite game?"
BorisTheFurious Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 as if mo could do that it's a virus Why would a virus do something like that? Your asking the wrong question. Its "why WOULDN'T someone program a virus just to wipe out your favorite game?" Welp, looks like that's the case, because I just noticed that my entire Steam library is suffering the same problem. All ~320gb of it just up and disappeared without a trace. Avast and Malwarebytes can't seem to find anything, so I'm a little worried now.
Melviclilith Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 as if mo could do that it's a virus Why would a virus do something like that? Your asking the wrong question. Its "why WOULDN'T someone program a virus just to wipe out your favorite game?" Welp, looks like that's the case, because I just noticed that my entire Steam library is suffering the same problem. All ~320gb of it just up and disappeared without a trace. Avast and Malwarebytes can't seem to find anything, so I'm a little worried now. I wish I could help on that end of the problem, its hard for them to find every type of virus. Formatting might be an option since you seem to have the majority of your hard drive wiped already.
ousnius Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 as if mo could do that it's a virus Why would a virus do something like that? Your asking the wrong question. Its "why WOULDN'T someone program a virus just to wipe out your favorite game?" Welp, looks like that's the case, because I just noticed that my entire Steam library is suffering the same problem. All ~320gb of it just up and disappeared without a trace. Avast and Malwarebytes can't seem to find anything, so I'm a little worried now. Programming a program to delete an entire folder isn't hard when the user is logged in as an admin. And it won't be detected by most anti-virus, as it isn't a (known) virus and could be intended behavior. And yeah, in terms of these things, it's "why not" instead of "why".
visby Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Any chance someone in your home deleted them all? They could be thinking "damn they spend to much time on games it would be good for them if I erased them all". For a virus some things you can try are a boot time scan such as Avira Rescue. Also make sure you use a pass word protected log on as that will make remote access harder for hackers.
Arhon Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Any chance someone in your home deleted them all? They could be thinking "damn they spend to much time on games it would be good for them if I erased them all". Now that's funny but at the same time they are clearly asking for a beating. Which I gladly gave to my brother when he erased my whole 1TB of space........ took me a damn long time to retrieve everything.......... *sigh*
bjornk Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Try to scan the drive with Recuva or a similar unerase/undelete program for deleted files and try to find out the deletion date/time. That might give you a clue about what actually happened. Also, there are many programs and OS features that may allow remote access to your computer, and other security holes and so many other possibilities. Disconnect from the Internet while you're playing games, or while doing maintenance and if you're going to leave your PC unattended for a while.
BorisTheFurious Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 Any chance someone in your home deleted them all? They could be thinking "damn they spend to much time on games it would be good for them if I erased them all". For a virus some things you can try are a boot time scan such as Avira Rescue. Also make sure you use a pass word protected log on as that will make remote access harder for hackers. I'm the only one who uses my computer - considering the website we're on the reason should be pretty obvious... I'm trying out Avira now, apparently it's better than Avast, which I currently use. By password protected log on do you mean just the normal setup of having to enter your password when you log on to the Windows account on startup?
visby Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Any chance someone in your home deleted them all? They could be thinking "damn they spend to much time on games it would be good for them if I erased them all". For a virus some things you can try are a boot time scan such as Avira Rescue. Also make sure you use a pass word protected log on as that will make remote access harder for hackers. I'm the only one who uses my computer - considering the website we're on the reason should be pretty obvious... I'm trying out Avira now, apparently it's better than Avast, which I currently use. By password protected log on do you mean just the normal setup of having to enter your password when you log on to the Windows account on startup? Yes. Some people do set up their home computers without passwords but that's a bad idea. Also I specifically recommend using a boot disk or USB stick to boot and scan your PC as this will prevent a virus or other malware from protecting itself.
bjornk Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 By password protected log on do you mean just the normal setup of having to enter your password when you log on to the Windows account on startup? He means that you should use a password for your Windows account, preferably not "abc" or "123". Is there anything else missing in your harddisk other than Steam game files? Because a virus is unlikely to prefer game files to actual OS files. It could be one of those ransomware or some other type of malware. If it's just the Steam game files, then a hack attempt is more likely IMO.
winny257 Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 a modest question have you this on your PC? *Ad by DNSUnlocker* This program is notorious Data theft to operated!
Userper Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Sounds nasty dude, If its the virus I thinking of, it may have downloaded and packeted your cookies off to god knows where. If more files go missing, format your drive dude. Also try to limit your password use for your emails and such, til you've fixed it.
winny257 Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 By password protected log on do you mean just the normal setup of having to enter your password when you log on to the Windows account on startup? He means that you should use a password for your Windows account, preferably not "abc" or "123". Is there anything else missing in your harddisk other than Steam game files? Because a virus is unlikely to prefer game files to actual OS files. It could be one of those ransomware or some other type of malware. If it's just the Steam game files, then a hack attempt is more likely IMO. sorry I just think of something, for what Password protection? you must this password with your keyboard enter. but even Google has access to everything. it is a light these passwords to spy out! chrome://settings/content edit: The problem is nowadays, that one for almost every game an Internet access required! I bought earlier the DVD installed it and played.
Userper Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 By password protected log on do you mean just the normal setup of having to enter your password when you log on to the Windows account on startup? He means that you should use a password for your Windows account, preferably not "abc" or "123". Is there anything else missing in your harddisk other than Steam game files? Because a virus is unlikely to prefer game files to actual OS files. It could be one of those ransomware or some other type of malware. If it's just the Steam game files, then a hack attempt is more likely IMO. sorry I just think of something, for what Password protection? you must this password with your keyboard enter. but even Google has access to everything. it is a light these passwords to spy out! chrome://settings/content If it is a virus the damage could be limited to just software, and hardware. If Its a hack, it could be much further reaching... cookies could have been downloaded, passwords stolen, emails accessed, worse still they could have your bank details. Obviously thats a worse case scenario, it could just be some kid having some fun. But still start making some precautions, format that drive dude, better safe than sorry.
bjornk Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Formatting the drive before figuring out what's going on would be stupid. You may format your drive and re-install everything, only to find out the same thing is happening again. Install PeerBlock or another software that displays connection attempts. Then disconnect the PC from Internet and look for outgoing connection attempts to unknown IP addresses, which might prove that you have a malware in your PC. Is that a Windows 10? Plus you're using the latest Google Chrome perhaps? Because if it is I'll just stop and leave here.
Userper Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 Formatting the drive before figuring out what's going on would be stupid. You may format your drive and re-install everything, only to find out the same thing is happening again. Install PeerBlock or another software that displays connection attempts. Then disconnect the PC from Internet and look for outgoing connection attempts to unknown IP addresses, which might prove that you have a malware in your PC. yea, but if you format your drive and the issue persists you know its a hardware issue...
bjornk Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 yea, but if you format your drive and the issue persists you know its a hardware issue... Your hardware can not delete specific files on your harddrive. If the issue persist after the format then you'll know it's a "software" issue related to one of the software (including drivers) you've installed, other than your OS.
Userper Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 yea, but if you format your drive and the issue persists you know its a hardware issue... Your hardware doesn't delete specific files on your harddrive. no, but corrupted memory blocks can make sections of your harddrive appear blank. I've had this exact issue with HD myself. The problem could be his HD slowly dying, although maybe your right it is weird that full folders would go blank, and not even a warning would pop up.
bjornk Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 no, but corrupted memory blocks can make sections of your harddrive appear blank. I've had this exact issue with HD myself. You'll never know that if you format the drive without figuring out the actual problem.
Userper Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 no, but corrupted memory blocks can make sections of your harddrive appear blank. I've had this exact issue with HD myself. You'll never know that if you format the drive without figuring out the actual problem. True, but if you format the drive, the issue is almost certainly dealt with... If it isn't then you know the root of the problem is the hardware :b Also change your router password, and network ports just to be safe. Its what I would do anyway I'm running round in circles now, so I'm gonna stop
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