Removal of worm\virus from USB flash drive

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AstroWall

Recently I used my thumbdrive on a PC infected with the Funny UST
Scandal worm/virus. Now the thumbdrive is infected!
My queries are:
(a) If I connect the infected thumbdrive to an uninfected PC, will the
PC get infected?
(b) How do I get rid of the infection from the thumbdrive?
Thanks in advance!
AstroWall
 
From: "AstroWall" <[email protected]>

| Recently I used my thumbdrive on a PC infected with the Funny UST
| Scandal worm/virus. Now the thumbdrive is infected!
| My queries are:
| (a) If I connect the infected thumbdrive to an uninfected PC, will the
| PC get infected?

Yes if the drive has "AutoRun" enabled and this is the mode the malware uses to spread and
your AV software performing "On Access" scanning has no signatures for it.

|
| (b) How do I get rid of the infection from the thumbdrive?
| Thanks in advance!


Scan the drive with an "On Access" AV software that has signature for it.
 
| (b) How do I get rid of the infection from the thumbdrive?
| Thanks in advance!
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if you don't need the files, just find a friend with
a Mac, plug the drive in, and reformat it.

if you ned the files, ask that friend to first
copy them, then format the drive, and then
put them back.
 
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