Virus wiped out my library. Left an empty 1 called "managers Limeware tunes

I assume a virus did this in spite of Norton AV.
I want to make sure this is gone before I restore.
I changed the sharing settings so nothing is shared. That's the way it was before this occurred.
What do I need to do to restore my library from my backup?
Do I need to remove and reinstall iTunes?
Thanks
Mike

We should all learn a lesson from this post. We should make back ups of our back-ups. I know it takes extra time, but you are able to recover should something go wrong. Put your backups on a thumb drive or better yet make 2 copies of your backups
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