How to Remove USB Flash Drive Virus Easily
They may not be major risks but USB flash drive viruses are annoying.
Among the most common are Cool_USEP Scandal (sowar.vbs) and Ravmon (ravmon.exe). At first, my computer gets infected whenever someone asks me to copy/paste a file from/to a USB flash drive. Later, I found out it was caused by the culprit - Autorun.inf, which spreads the virus.
Here's how to defeat them easily!
Among the most common are Cool_USEP Scandal (sowar.vbs) and Ravmon (ravmon.exe). At first, my computer gets infected whenever someone asks me to copy/paste a file from/to a USB flash drive. Later, I found out it was caused by the culprit - Autorun.inf, which spreads the virus.
Here's how to defeat them easily!
- If a small window similar to the image pops up, do not click 'OK '. Instead, click 'Cancel'.
- Now, go to Start\Run and type 'cmd' to open the Command Prompt.
- In the command prompt, type the drive letter: (ex: E:) and press Enter .
- Now type dir /w/a (dir_space_slash_w_slash_a) and press Enter. A list of the files contained in the USB flash drive will be shown.
- Check whether the following files are present: ravmon.exe, Cool_USEP Scandal.exe, Autorun.inf, svchost.exe or any other suspicious executory files. If these are present, the USB flash drive is infected.
- Still in Command Prompt, type attrib -r -a -s -h *.* and press Enter. The 'read only', 'archive', 'system' and 'hidden' attributes of all the files will be disabled.
- Turn-off System Restore service. Right-click 'My Computer'/Properties/System Restore tab, check "Turn off System Restore on all drives" and click 'Apply' and 'OK'.
- Open 'My Computer', right-click your flash drive and click 'Explore' (very important). Right-click on the virus and related files and click delete, or right-click / NOD32 Advanced options and click 'Quarantine file'.
- Open NOD32 and go to Tools/Quarantine and remove (del) the quarantined files.
- Restart computer and turn-on System Restore.
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9 comments:
Thanks for this. USB viruses are really annoying!
Its Better you can use virus remover to get rid of virus and spyware.
ahahahah your a NOD32 fan now!!!!! ver. 2.7?! i guess! very light & effective especially when your ISP moves like a snail just like SMARTBRO! wahahahaha... also, turn off autoplay on all drives via "GROUP POLICY."
@ Anonymous, oh yeah, your style of writing is very familiar. my current Nod32 is version 3.0.667.0
and you, you're still inlove with ver. 2.7 huh? anyways thanks for your comment.
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
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if i was already ifnected how do i remove it?
Just browse this blog further and you will find the answer.
thank you ecellent & effective information
regards: rhythm
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