Exactly. My reply was not meant to be condescending. It just appears the simplest, cheapest, most foolproof solution is escaping you. Its hindsight now as you did not have a backup, but investing in new anti-malware software is just not the way to ensure you do not have this problem again.

If I had a dime for every time the answer was 'Huh?' To someone saying to me 'Hey Tkey, it seems I've an issue here' and my very first question is 'Where's your backup'...