2012-05-08, 11:35
Hello all,
I'm posting to warn everyone about the HD Trailers.NET Downloader (available here: http://hdtrailersdler.codeplex.com/)
I downloaded it, seeing it as an easy way to grab trailers for all my movies.
However, as soon as I opened the program, a black window came up and started scrolling. I realised after a couple of seconds that what it was doing was deleting all of the files in the Videos folder. Result: All but 300 movies gone, only a couple of .avi files left (I promptly closed the window) and over 20 deleted TV Shows, not to mention stacks of music videos and podcasts gone forever. I had not backed up the folder as I didn't see the harm in the program but it taught me an important lesson: don't trust any programs, even those with authentic-looking discussion boards full of "happy customers".
If anyone has any idea how I might get my files back if this is at all possible, please reply as I would love to know (already checked Trash)
Hope this stops anything like this happening to others,
Maximoo
I'm posting to warn everyone about the HD Trailers.NET Downloader (available here: http://hdtrailersdler.codeplex.com/)
I downloaded it, seeing it as an easy way to grab trailers for all my movies.
However, as soon as I opened the program, a black window came up and started scrolling. I realised after a couple of seconds that what it was doing was deleting all of the files in the Videos folder. Result: All but 300 movies gone, only a couple of .avi files left (I promptly closed the window) and over 20 deleted TV Shows, not to mention stacks of music videos and podcasts gone forever. I had not backed up the folder as I didn't see the harm in the program but it taught me an important lesson: don't trust any programs, even those with authentic-looking discussion boards full of "happy customers".
If anyone has any idea how I might get my files back if this is at all possible, please reply as I would love to know (already checked Trash)
Hope this stops anything like this happening to others,
Maximoo