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Folder names changed to computer code,now inaccessible. What do I do?

The names on the SOME of the folders in my Maxtor external hard 500gb
drive have changed into the strange heiroglyphic looking stuff which I
believe is computer code.    ((  
(°â�¿₧δâ–
ˆâ•”
.âòS  ) it doesnt look like
that but similar on  my pc, that is what i got when i copied and
pasted it here.  ))            Not every folder has changed, maybe
more than 100  GB has changed and is not accessible.  These folders
are pictures, video, and audio, and maybe documents.

In my music folder some  still are normal and play normally . The
changed ones with the computer code names say that they have dozens of
gigabytes when they just had perhaps a 100 mb. Those folders when i
try to open them say there is a syntax error and do not open.

I think this occurred while trying to open a video but am not sure if
that is the cause. I have scanned this hard drive with AVG free and it
didnt find any viruses except for something named:
kernel32.dll        C:\windows\sytem32\kernel32.dll
shell32.dll           C:\windows\sytem32\shell32.dll

in the result infection column it says :  change
this kernel32.dll thing has been popping up in my pc for the last few
days when i tried to shut it down.

Should I transfer all my working files out of that hard drive?

Should I run system restore?

Should I unplug and then replug in my hard drive.

Should I shut down my pc and restart it.

Is this a virus? Any other suggestions?

Thanks

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