attacked by virus
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I'm on a powerbook g4 mac os 9. i carelessly downloaded what i thought was a compressed microsoft word application file from (file sharing program). the minute i decompressed it and opened the file. my computer froze. i forced quit and opened it again. this time i saw files on my harddrive vanish into thin air. i panicked and shut my computer off but when i turned it back on i was shocked to see that everything had been wiped out. I don't know what to do. i'm a fairly new mac user and heard that the chances of contracting a mac virus is very slim. i didn't back up any of my files. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! Is everything gone or is this just a hoax or prank virus. It literally vanished within seconds of opening the application. ONCE AGAIN...PLEASE HELP!!!!!
p.s - should i try even bother with any anti-virus or bring it straight to a data recovery center????
p.s - should i try even bother with any anti-virus or bring it straight to a data recovery center????