Never had this happen before. It's infected with a virus and whenever/wherever I put it in a computer, up pops a virus warning. How do I clean a usb drive? Or should I transfer data to another and throw this one away?
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Never had this happen before. It's infected with a virus and whenever/wherever I put it in a computer, up pops a virus warning. How do I clean a usb drive? Or should I transfer data to another and throw this one away?
Disable autorun, then you can plug it in and get rid of the infected file(s) (or all files, if you don't need them).
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...isable+autorun
Sal_gal--A little more detail (perhaps too much :) )
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/security...tusbvirus.html
http://guideandtips.blogspot.com/200...usb-drive.html
You can also disable Autorun.inf from TweakUI. (Click My Computer|AutoPlay|Types in left panel)
Once it's disinfected there are two tools here that will help prevent it in the future...
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...d.php?t=238013
I use the Panda version.