Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
If your computer is the one that infected yours and your friend’s memory sticks, you need to update your antivirus. If even after the update the antivirus fails to catch the infection, you definitely need to use another product.
To fight the memory stick infection (and as a safety measure for the future) is good to make all files visible.
(The following steps apply for both Windows XP and Windows 7)
Hide extensions for known file types
Accept.
On the black Window that appears write the commands shown on the picture. Replace X with the letter of your infected USB flash stick or hard drive, for example attrib -h -r -s /s /d F:\*.*
Wait a few seconds
Step ONE
Windows has the bad habit of hiding certain files and much worse: their extensions. You may for example run a dangerous program like “photo.jpg.exe” just because Windows only shows “photo.jpg”.To fight the memory stick infection (and as a safety measure for the future) is good to make all files visible.
(The following steps apply for both Windows XP and Windows 7)
- Click on Start
- Click on Control Panel
- Pick Folder Options
- Click on “View” tab
- Clear the following check boxes:
Hide extensions for known file types
Accept.
Step TWO
Now that your vision is restored, delete Autorun.inf, and everything you don’t recognize as yours. Delete the shortcuts too, because they are part of the infection and not related with your files, even if they have the same name.
Step THREE
On Windows Vista and 7:- Click on Start
- Type cmd in the first box you see
- Press ENTER
On Windows XP:
- Click on Start
- Click on Run
- Type cmd
- Press ENTER
On the black Window that appears write the commands shown on the picture. Replace X with the letter of your infected USB flash stick or hard drive, for example attrib -h -r -s /s /d F:\*.*
Wait a few seconds
