Did you try to repair the file using Microsoft Excel?
I attached you two links that explain how to do this:
- http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/repairing-corrupted-files-in-excel-HA001034656.aspx
- http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-a-Corrupt-Excel-File
- http://softwaresolution.informer.com/Repair-Excel/ (Third party software for free)
My recommendation is to try before doing the send the file to another computer and try to open it there, so you'll know if the problem office software, or file.
Can you be more specific what type of virus/malware infected your computer?
if it's some sort of ransomeware then most probably only chance to recover your files are from your old backup. read this link.
http://www.excelrepairtoolbox.com/
- Marked as answer by DredSephy Tuesday, July 08, 2014 10:12 AM
Repair tool of MS Excel allows you to repair Excel files with the help of "Open and Repair" function. Get these steps to repair Excel File:
1. Open MS Excel application
2. Click on file menu and click open
3. Select your file from system directory
4. Click on the small arrow at the right of open button
5. Select open and repair option
Second option is to extract data into Word file, WordPad or Calc (OpenOffice). Try any of these. For further detail, read this post :- http://nalavadebela.wordpress.com/2014/03/14/repair-excel-file/
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