Infected Flashdrive 2013.08.26

Discussion in 'Malware Help - MG (A Specialist Will Reply)' started by manilka835, Aug 26, 2013.

  1. manilka835

    manilka835 Specialist

    A Flashdrive of a friend of mine has been infected with Malware and the Malware had been deleted. However the original files are not seen even though there is Disk Space Utilised indicating the presence of these files. Please advice on how to restore these file so that they can be seen.

    Thanks & Regards​

    Yours Faithfully,
    Dr. K.D.J.H. Manilka Jayawardena​
     
  2. TimW

    TimW MajorGeeks Administrator - Jedi Malware Expert Staff Member

    For the external Hard Drive and a USB stick.

    Insert your flash drive before you begin. Hold down the Shift key when inserting the flash drive until Windows detects it to bypass the autorun feature. This will keep the autorun.inf from executing automatically.

    Please have all your removable storage devices ready for disinfection.

    Download Flash Disinfector by sUBs and save it to your desktop.

    * Double-click Flash_Disinfector.exe to run it.
    * Your desktop and icons may disappear. This is normal.
    * It will do a cleanup of removable storage devices, and write a protected Autorun.inf file to help prevent re-infection.
    * Follow any prompts that may appear.
    * The utility may ask you to insert your flash drive and/or other removable drives including your mobile phone. Please do so and allow the utility to clean up those drives as well.
    * Wait until it has finished scanning and then exit the program.
    * There will be no GUI interface or log file produced.
    * Reboot your computer when done.

    Note: Flash_Disinfector will create a hidden folder named autorun.inf in each partition and every USB drive plugged in when you ran it. Don't delete this folder. It will help protect your drives from future infection.
     

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