# JPEG to VBScript file bug help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-vbscript-file-bug-help/90875>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-vbscript-file-bug-help/90875 "2001-11-01T06:54:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kspharm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kspharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kspharm)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-vbscript-file-bug-help/90875/1 "2001-11-01T06:54:34Z")

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I think I may have downloaded a virus last Saturday, and now all of my .mp3 and .jpg files have been renamed with a .vbs (VBScript script file?) and are unuseable. Also, my homepage on IE keeps getting changed to some weird url that never loads, even though I keep resetting it to Yahoo. Any suggestions or fixes? Big thanks

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-vbscript-file-bug-help/90875/2 "2001-11-01T07:07:10Z")

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Sounds like the [I love You](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1812992.html?tag=st.cn.1.lthdne) virus.

Free [clean up](http://www.ded.com/nonags/avtools.html) here.

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**Author:** ![kspharm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kspharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kspharm)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jpeg-to-vbscript-file-bug-help/90875/3 "2001-11-02T04:51:13Z")

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Thank you very very much,

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 You were exactly right. Just wish I had backed up all of those .jpg's. Oh well, thanks anyway
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