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Personal Storage Table or PST is a popular and most commonly used mailbox data file format for storing, backing up, and migrating mail items to and from Microsoft Outlook.

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Several people lose their Microsoft Outlook data because of Vvew virus attacks. Many people are unaware of the solutions to this problem and ultimately lose important information. At the same time, this is all they need to recover their files.

It is essential to note that the Vvew virus is an Avant virus that attacks computers through emails and website pages. It has layered blocks of designs used to attack, encode, and erase MS Outlook PST files. Once it strikes any .PST file, it alters its code and changes its extension to .vvew. Once this happens, you cannot use your Outlook files or mail because your MS Outlook reads files with .PST and OST extensions.

While the Vvew virus might seem harmful to files and data, the Recovery Toolbox for Outlook has powerful algorithms to scan every file from the email box and repair it. There are two methods to solve the problem with this tool. They are:

1. The online method: https://outlook.recoverytoolbox.com/online/
2. The offline method: https://outlook.recoverytoolbox.com/repair-outlook/

The two methods are workable to solve the virus attack because the tool has an online and offline version. You can use these versions to recover encrypted .PST files (.PST across all versions– ANSI (Outlook 97-2003), Unicode (2007 and above)).

Read through to understand how to recover and restore your Microsoft Outlook files.

The Online Method: How to Recover Your PST File with Recovery Toolbox for Outlook

You can easily use this to regain your affected information online. This recovery process works effectively on all devices as smoothly and swiftly as possible to restore OST files and fix your encrypted .PST files.

Follow these steps to repair your files online:

1. You must change the file extension from Vvew to PST for the service to select the recovery algorithm to use.
2. Click “Select file” and select an Outlook data file with the extension “.PST” or “.OST.”
3. Input your valid email address
4. Click Continue 
5. Wait for the corrupted .pst/.ost file to be recovered
6. Download the recovered Microsoft Outlook pst file

Once you have recovered the data from the affected MS Outlook file, it will be stored as a new MS Outlook 2016 file with the .PST extension. This way, it will be easy to regain any .PST MS Outlook private file through any browser and device.

The Offline Method: How to Recover Your Infected .PST with Recovery Toolbox for Outlook

Before you begin, you must look for your Outlook Data Files in Outlook before repairing infected .pst files. Follow these steps

1. First, select File, Choose Account Settings, and Click Account Settings.
2. Next, select the Data Files 
3. You will see all Outlook Data Files (.PST) and Offline Data Files (.OST) listed, along with the account name the files are associated with.

Once you have been able to locate all your Outlook files, take these steps to repair your attacked file.

Step 1. Identify the infected Outlook data file location

To recover an infected Outlook data file, first Exit Microsoft Outlook and check one of these locations:

• For Outlook 365: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\
• For Outlook 2019: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
• For Outlook 2016: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
• For Outlook 2013: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
• For Outlook 2010: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
• For Outlook 2007: C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
• For Outlook 2003: C:\Users\username\Documents\Outlook Files\
• For Outlook XP: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook
• For Outlook 2000: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Step 2: Download, install the program and Run it.

Step 3: Choose the file encrypted by the virus and select Next.

 Step 4: Select Recovery Mode and Click Next.

Step 5: Click on Yes to begin recovery.

Step 6: Inspect the data preview and click Next to save the recovered file to a new location.

Step 7: Enter the location to save the .pst file and click Next.

Step 8: Save the recovered data as the new .pst file.

Step 9: After checking the successful recovery results, click Finish to exit the Recovery Toolbox for Outlook tool.

It is important to note that you should substitute the damaged file with a recovered one. You can also add the recovered .pst file to the list of data files in Outlook. This is how you do it for these versions of Outlook: 2021, 2019, 2016, and 2013:

1. Choose the menu item File | Info.
2. Next, click the button Account Settings.
3. Finally, choose Account Settings in the pop-up menu.

4.  Choose the Data Files tab and click Remove.

5. Click Open File Location and select the recovered file. Click Set as Default.

Once you have reached this stage, you have successfully fixed the issue.

Conclusion

The Recovery Toolbox for Outlook uses high-grade algorithms and procedures in analyzing, fixing, and restoring files, irrespective of the problem or its cause– i.e., viruses, bugs, hardware damage, network problems, HDD damage, etc.

The tool has the following advantages:

• With the tool, you can fix Microsoft Outlook files with .PST extension across different versions (ANSI (Outlook 97-2003), Unicode (2007 and above)).
• The recovery tool allows you to repair and recover files protected by a password.
• With the tool, you can recover damaged (or attacked) OST files irrespective of their versions.
• The tool allows you to repair encrypted files with the .PST extension.
• You can quickly repair PST files of different sizes, up to 180 Gigabytes, and more.

The Recovery Toolbox for Outlook is very efficient for repairing and recovering every kind of file and data on Microsoft Outlook. You can use it to easily access damaged, password-protected, and encrypted files like contacts, tasks, documents, etc. The tool is easy to use and is effective both online and offline.

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