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| Thread ID: 85852 | 2007-12-24 07:26:00 | Usb autorun.inf file problem!!! | JOYBEBA6679 (10686) | Press F1 |
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| 624238 | 2007-12-24 07:26:00 | Hi to all, I have a Dell dimmension 8300 running on Windows XP sp2, ok here is the problem. I own a Maxtor 100 GB external hd and a PNY 4GB usb drive. Now, I downloaded a program that works as a menu for them like the U3 for sandisk, called Portableapps. Everything was working ok and the autorun.inf file was doing what it was supposed to do until... I plugged the HD on my girlfriend laptop (a Dell inspiron 600m also running Windows Xp SP2) and then when I plugged it in on my PC the autorun menu wouldnt display the program icon just a run program option, when I do that the menu doesnt show up but the window with the files in does. Now, the PNY drive was working perfect but I had to use it after the hd started doing the problem and now the PNY has it too. I tried to make a new autorun.inf file and put it in on the pny or the hd but I noticed that it asks me if I want to replace the old autorun file which is 154KB in size. When I replace it with the 170KB one I want it to use, it automatically dissapears and it returns back to the old 154KB autorun file. I also noticed that after this, Winrar doesnt work correctly and since some time now the U3 has not worked for my girlfriends laptop either. Anyone know what is the problem here and if it can be fixed? Thanks in advance! |
JOYBEBA6679 (10686) | ||
| 624239 | 2007-12-24 07:41:00 | Sounds like one of these removable drive viruses / worms. Some of these install autorun.inf files. Thats how they spread (thru removable drives). Do you mean the Lpinstaller.exe file from Sandisk, thats what installs the menu for U3 drives. Have u scanned the G/F's system and this hdd for viruses recently?? WHAT did the 154k autorun.inf file have in it?? I would get this (www.symantec.com) From here (www.symantec.com) And do a scan Info on what the worm does here (www.symantec.com) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 624240 | 2007-12-24 07:50:00 | Thanks for the reply, interesting this is that I did a system restore and winrar started working again and another usb drive I have worked too, ill try that and see if it works. | JOYBEBA6679 (10686) | ||
| 624241 | 2007-12-24 07:56:00 | It may not find anything now. Depending on how far back the restore point went. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 624242 | 2007-12-24 08:03:00 | Yeah I noticed but I think it is on the HD or the pny stick so if I replug them now then the pc will get infected wont it?. Also I assume ill have to plug them anyway so they can get cleanned right? | JOYBEBA6679 (10686) | ||
| 624243 | 2007-12-24 08:10:00 | The worm if the system has one maybe on the pc you plugged this hdd into. BUT, you're right, if u plug something into it now, it can transfer this worm if its a worm to the removable drive. Scan the computer itself first. BUt if something is on the computer and u scan it now (and before you plug a removable drive into it), whatever AV program may find it, and delete it. Has this computer got an AV program on it? Is this Lpinstaller file the file you downloaded? If it is or was, open the menu (go into my computer, dbl click on the cd icon for the U3), go to its properties, and tick install loader. I had to do this with my U3 drive, because like you I just formatted it but the menu (and the desktop icon for it), wouldnt appear, until I installed the loader for it. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 624244 | 2007-12-24 08:20:00 | Ok, after I did the restore I plugged in the PNY, formated it and reinstalled the portable menu, it doesnt have the file you say cuz its like U3 but it doesnt load a CD or anything like it, just the menu . Now well, the pny worked great, I plugged and replugged it a few times and it was ok, but the HD is another story, now the winrar is not working anymore, so I gues it is infected, should I run the prog you gave me with the hd plugged? Yes I have Avast anti virus instaled . |
JOYBEBA6679 (10686) | ||
| 624245 | 2007-12-24 08:28:00 | A U3 flash drive (well some of them, if its like the one I've got). After you format it and install the Lpinstaller file (from the Sandisk site). After you plug it in, if u open my computer, you'll see 2 icons. One will say removable disk with a letter, the other will say U3 system. The U3 system icon / partition is treated as a cd in Windows XP. And if you copy boot files to it (to make it bootable). If u boot from it (change the disk in the BIOS to it), you'll see 2 different boot partitions on it. One is the cd. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 624246 | 2007-12-24 08:37:00 | Ok, the PNY drive is not U3 cuz its not sandisk, but that one is ok, the problem is in the Maxtor external Hard Drive, now show I run the remover you gave me to fix the pc, wich is infected again and run it with the HD plugged in so it can clean my hd too or should I clean the HD another way? | JOYBEBA6679 (10686) | ||
| 624247 | 2007-12-24 08:44:00 | I would run that tool on both . If its on the computer youre plugging this thing into, and it finds something and removes it . You shouldnt have to do it again, after u plug the hdd in . Altho that depends where this autorun . inf file came from in the first place U3 doesnt have to be Sandisk, there are other companies who make U3 flash drives as well . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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