A virus infection in a computer is a nightmare for anyone—losing all the data, formatting the system, etc. It is worse for designers and photographers who store their precious pictures on the computer system. A virus can destroy or damage all their important files and data. If the virus itself does not destroy or delete the file,sometimes the steps to remove the virus may do so. The loss can be compensated if you have a healthy backup of all your precious pictures. Whatever be the reason for the loss, if your pictures are deleted or misplaced, you can always use a picture recovery software.These software are a 'life-saver' for those who do not keep aback-up of the files.

Most viruses find their way into our computer systems through the E-mail attachments that we open. Many viruses attach themselves to image and video files that we download from the Internet. A common example of this is when you suddenly realize that the pictures on your computer are either deleted or damaged after you have downloaded some new files from the Internet. This happens due to a virus infection.

How does a computer virus affect pictures on the system?

A virus is a program that runs on the computer just like any other application on your system.

1. Some viruses are designed in such a way that they damage and alter some, if not all the pictures on the computer system.

1. Still others simply delete the photos from the computer system.

1. Some viruses corrupt the file system of the computer which leads to inaccessibility of the pictures stored thereon.

How can one salvage pictures after a virus infection?

The first thing to do is use an updated anti-virus to remove the virus from the system. Once you have successfully deleted the virus from the system, take a back-up of all the important files from your system, unless the files were deleted by the virus.

After removing the virus, format the drive in which the virus infection occurred. Formatting a drive deletes all the data from within, thus you will need to use a picture recovery to recover deleted pictures. Such tools are specifically designed using technology competent enough to scan the hard drive for deleted multimedia files.

Digital picture recovery software can recover deleted pictures without damaging or altering them in anyway. The software has the capability of recovering almost every type of popular multimedia files since it supports JPEG, RAW, TIFF, GIF,and other multimedia file formats. It has an easy-to-use interface which enables even people without any technical knowledge to recover files.