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How to Repair MS Word Documents Corrupted due to SCR Virus?

Virus infection is one of the most common reasons for corruption of Microsoft Word documents. These viruses are self-replicating programs that usually spread through an external drive and add their own extensions to the existing documents.

Author: Mac Smith

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Computer once infected from virus suffer from major data loss and file corruption in quite a short span of time. When it comes to corrupted Word documents, one can safely delete them provided a good backup of file(s) is available. But in other cases, solutions like, Word Repair utilities can help rescue lost information.

Let's exemplify such situations by a corresponding example. A particular MS Word user has some very important documents (in .doc or .docx format, depending on the MS Word file version) stored on the hard drive. He connects a virus infected USB to the computer and the virus starts spreading. After some time, user realizes that he cannot open few or all of his MS Word documents and observes the following symptoms:

The Word documents display as screensaver files with file extension- .scr instead of .doc or .docx
The file icons change

Cause:
Your computer is infected from SCR virus that has corrupted your MS Word document(s).

Solution:
These viruses are present in Windows main directory and can enter your computer via a screensaver file. So it is advised not to open any e-mail attachment or file that comes from an unreliable source that contains any screensaver file with .scr extension.

However, to troubleshoot the existing issue:

Install and run a powerful anti-virus software to scan your computer hard disk
Delete the corrupted Word document(s) and restore data from backup or recreate them
Use a third-party Word Fix utility to scan and repair the corrupted Word file(s)

A Word Recovery utility is effectively designed to scrutinize a corrupted or damaged document, irrespective of the cause, and return data in readable format. These software are easy to install and can be downloaded from Internet for a trial. With an interactive display, the software prove quite easy-to-use.

About Author

Mac is a self employed Internet entrepreneur and product reviewer. This doc repair utility is extremely useful when the word file gets corrupted due to internal program errors, hardware malfunctioning and more.Get more details on http://www.repair-word-file.com.

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How to Repair MS Word Documents Corrupted due to SCR Virus?