recover data files deleted by the vbs pub virus

With the technology becoming an important part of our lives and making our lives comfortable the threat due to the technology has also increased. These days we store most of our important data on the computers. We consider them to be safe by doing so. While with the advancement of the technology, the effect of the technology has also increased. There are lot of threats of storing the data on the system. The virus attacks and the external threats can destroy the stored data and the one can lose them permanently. The virus is a software or script that is programmed to cause harm to the system in which it gets installed. These bugs are programmed to spoil the files and the data on the system. One can protect one’s system from the virus attacks by installing proper antivirus software. This antivirus software helps in the protection of the system from the external threats. One such virus that can cause harm to the system is the VBS Pub virus. The VBS Pub virus is a script that is processed on VB scripts that affect the .hta, .asp, .htm, .html, .htt, .vbs, or .vbe file extensions. This virus is such programmed that it runs on 6th, 13th, 21st, and 28th of each month and deletes the files with the above mentioned extensions. This virus can spread through mails and outlook messages. As the virus executes in a system it gets copied in the %WINDOWS% folder with a file name that reads Pubrn.vbs.

This virus is very dangerous as it is not detectable under normal circumstances. Unlike other virus threats this virus does not slow down the system. It becomes active on every 6th, 13th, 21st, and 28th of the month and deletes the files with the selected extensions. These extensions can be of many of the important files that one stores on the system they also might have the system files. Deletion of the system files can be very fatal to the system as they may even disrupt the booting of the system. This virus can also affect the contacts and connections on the outlook configured on the system. One needs to be very careful if they

have important data stored on their system. They need to protect their system with a proper and updated antivirus on the system. An updated antivirus helps to protect the system from such kind of viruses. The antivirus does not allow the virus to run in the system and become active to delete the files. The antivirus would make the virus inactive and send it to trash. If the system is effected by a VBS Pub Virus and one loses there important files, the only resort of restoring the files is using the third party data recovery software. These applications help to retrieve the deleted and the lost file from the system. These tools help to recover data files and in the process they do not harm the existing files on the system.