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lily.89 Posts 2 Registration date Monday April 15, 2013 Status Member Last seen April 16, 2013 - Apr 15, 2013 at 01:33 PM
Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 - Apr 16, 2013 at 04:48 PM
As usual habit I scanned a pendrive and found lots of threat which i deleted......but lost the memory.....
but next time i didnt doand opened it.....and found all files in shortcut but all memory was there inside it.....
now whichever pendrive i put it always shows a shortcut and there's no autorun.inf in my laptop....i checked it.....
also i installed autorun exterminator which showed autorun.inf is present only in my inserted pendrive.......whichever pendrive i used the exterminator showed autorun.inf.....
what to do??????
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,171
Apr 15, 2013 at 04:48 PM
Normally this type if issue is caused by a USB virus. It will spread to all of your USB memory devices and harddisk.

Here is a tool to remove the virus and vaccinate your USB against further viruses.


Download UsbFix (created by El Desaparecido) on your desktop.

http://ccm.net/download/download-24089-usbfix

If your antivirus gives an alert, ignore it and temporarily deactivate the antivirus.
Plug in your usb devices (Flash drive, pen drive. External HD etc...) don't open them.
Double click sur UsbFix.exe.

Click on deletion
.
Let the tool work.

At the end of the scan a report will show which you can copy and paste here..

The report is save at the root ( C:\UsbFix.txt ).

You can also vaccinate against any virus.
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lily.89 Posts 2 Registration date Monday April 15, 2013 Status Member Last seen April 16, 2013
Apr 16, 2013 at 12:23 PM
but it is not just one pendrive......
i had another pendrive which didnt had the same problem but when i inserted into my laptop it also showed all files as shortcuts.....
also its not working.....i double clicked usb fix and it asked my permission but nothing happened after that......
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Ambucias Posts 47356 Registration date Monday February 1, 2010 Status Moderator Last seen February 15, 2023 11,171
Apr 16, 2013 at 04:48 PM
I repeat:

"Plug in your usb devices" (plural, that means all of your usb devices)
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