Thread: Infected USB

I have a kingston 2GB pen drive and it has a virus in it, can the virus be removed and if so how?

do u have any antivirus installed ?

What is the problem ur facing ??? How u know its got a virus ??? Use a good antivirus to remove it na ?

Worst case, format it. W8 for other ppl for their reply b4 u do anything.

I know i have a virus because messages where being sent to my messenger friends with links, and their were kind of dirty error messages when i took out the USB! All in all i know there is a virus because of the the way the computer works

please be more specific with error messages.

infact it would be easier to google the error message to find the answer.


you haven't said anything about an antivrus

Are you a victim of "Love virus ". Its still prevalent in India, a major cause of concern. In this a user get messages on getting instant love & thing like that.

Use a good antivirus. If you can't afford those costlyones then use free ones which offer nearly all functionalities of costly ones.

Disable auto play and scan with the tools provided here

Top 7 Tips to Protect Your Computer

Run a full system scan later.

if your USB drive does not contain that much important data, best option is to format it.

Yes , formatting is an option but there are viruses & scripts which can prevent it.

there's hardly any response from OP

What is OP? ( Optimus Prime?)

original poster, thread starter..

Thanks for clarification.

welcome...

I too face the same problem my antivirus (NOD) detects it even after every format there is some hidden folders such as autorun recycler that show up but do not open do I have to scrap my pendrive

Originally Posted by vaishaliv

I too face the same problem my antivirus (NOD) detects it even after every format there is some hidden folders such as autorun recycler that show up but do not open do I have to scrap my pendrive

It is replacing the file. Even if you use a separate USB, it will get infected also.

Please mention the antivirus you use. Update it and try a full system scan.

try formatting in a linux machine.
then reformat in a clean Windows machine. (not yours)
run a full system scan of your system.

Originally Posted by panchabhut

try formatting in a linux machine.
then reformat in a clean Windows machine. (not yours)
run a full system scan of your system.

Have mention earlier. Thanks for spreading this knowledge.

Originally Posted by Tanmaya

I have a kingston 2GB pen drive and it has a virus in it, can the virus be removed and if so how?

are these still availble?? last day i went to take a 512mb card and he said where are you living, nowadays not less than 2gb...?

Might be old one.

Originally Posted by mickey

are these still availble?? last day i went to take a 512mb card and he said where are you living, nowadays not less than 2gb...?

possibly because that particular shop keeper did not have one

My solution = Linux

-> Insert drive in Linux all viruses become unhidden and they can be deleted (especially Autorun.exe,it enables flash drives and viruses when infected to auto-run when you insert it in windows )...

->Take a back up of your drive using Linux

->Format after every use , otherwise there are chances of your drive going bust because of viruses

->You can also use Antiviruses available for Linux .... Most major Anti-virus vendors have a version for Linux ...some of them freewares to clean your drive ....