THERE'S A NEW BAT IN TOWN...

Nope, it's not Batman, but a very destructive Trojan designated "TROJ_BATWIPER.A". If you guessed that the "wiper" part of the name is bad, you are correct - in fact it is "Very, very, very BAD". You can get this Trojan either by directly downloading it [ed. - under another name of course], or, by getting infected by other malware which then opens the door for Troj_Batwiper.A to drop into your computer for a visit. 

The "visit" is worse than your Aunt Matilda's Christmas fruit cake, and if that it not enough to scare you [ed. - ANY fruitcake should scare you, in fact, there should be a law put in place where children under the age of six cannot be shown a fruitcake for fear of scarring their childhood and possibly the remainder of their life. But, I digress...]

Sometimes graphics are easier to explain what happens, so I'm borrowing Trend Micro's picture shown below:

[CREDIT: TREND MICRO]

There is no file recovery - you lose it all. While it's not running rampant through the Internet, it is out there and you face the possibility of getting it. Please read Trend Micro's "Threat Alert" HERE.

'Nuff Said,

Brian