[HLUG] Image wont open

[Paul Stenning]

I opened it in a hex editor and it's just full of nul characters (hex 
00).  There is no content at all.  Proof of this is that it can be 
compressed a lot (winzip will squash it to under 1kB) whereas a normal 
JPEG file can't be compressed at all.

I hope she has a backup, because the file is unrecoverable.  Whatever 
virus or whatever she had has completely overwritten the files with hex 00.

Best regards,
Paul Stenning

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Julian Robbins wrote:
> dicegeorge at hotmail dot com wrote:
>> A lady at Pudlston CAP asked me to help with her images which she cant open,
>> she said there had been some kind of virus
>> but was a bit unsure about what had happened.
>>
>> Perhaps she's lost years' of work..
>>
>> I tried to open in in Paint and Gimp and notepad but failed,
>> so i've uploaded it here:
>> http://www.dicegeorge.com/psb/psb-temp/img
>> as:
>> http://www.dicegeorge.com/psb/psb-temp/img-wont-open.jpg
>>   
> It looks like they've got heavily messed up for want of a better answer.
> 
> Sorry, just fell asleep earlier, and just reawaoken really late. ;-)
> 
> you could try 'recoverjpeg' http://freshmeat.net/projects/recoverjpeg/
> 
> sudo apt-get install recoverjpeg on Ubuntu/Xandros/Debian
> 
> But I tried it already and it didnt help.
> 
> Sounds like you may be better running this app against the whole
> filesystem instead, ie on her full HDD, as it probably is as the pics
> are there to some extent but the filesystem haeders are incorrect/got moved.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> I'm off to bed ;-~
> 
> Julian
> 
> PS ask her if she wants an Ubuntu CD to at least stop it happening again
> .... I have loads
>> can anyone guess what's happened please?
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