-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I just tried with two different thumb drives on Win98 se and a WinXP sp2 (both with autorun enabled), nothing happened.
Not even double-clicking on the thumb drive icon did anything but opening the folder and if I right-click it the menu doesn't show the run option. It must be your thumb drives are better than mine, do you mind to share brand and model? Regards, Paolo. Mike Peppard wrote: > |Thumb drives can't infect a computer... ? > | > Make an autorun.inf file on the thumb drive and put the following lines > in it. > |[autorun] > open=Killme.bat > ACTION = Autorun shouldn't be enabled for your own good > > -Mike > > ||| > Paolo Scarabelli wrote: > Thumb drives usually cannot infect a computer just inserting them (at > least I never heard of that) but they can contain infected files that > you can open and run. > > I don't think Trend Micro can do anything to help you unless you provide > them some infected files. > > Try to check if any unusual process is running in the background, check > in the registry, configuration files and the startup folder for every > executable file run at startup. > > The small boxes and other odd characters may be a message in a language > your computer windows doesn't support (probably East Asian or Cyrillic). > > It may also be possible that you executed a program that completely > messed up your system, installed programs, libraries or drivers in a > foreign language and deleted some of your files including it-self. > > Given the level of damage, if I were you, I would format the hard disk > and reinstall everything. It's the only way to be sure your computer is > clean. Of course, you may still have copies of the virus in thumb > drives, diskettes, memory cards, etc. > > If you really want to find out about this you can contact an anti virus > company (Doesn't need to be Trend Micro) and ship them your hard disk. > > > Regards, > > > Paolo. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>> VAR in Honolulu has a previously squeaky clean XP system now infected >>>> with sonmething strange: >>>> Symptom list: >>>> 1) All desktop icons disappeared >>>> 2) When recreated by hand, some days later they all were rendered >>>> un-runnable because they had all been renamed with an additional .lnk >>>> suffix. >>>> 3) On every boot, after the XP splash screen, but before User Login >>>> (2 profiles), there is a 4" x 5" screen with an Exit and an OK >>>> button. The screen shows a black background which overlays the XP >>>> blue login screen; it looks like a VB screen. The name in the top bar >>>> changes on every boot, such as c:\windows\system32\mup.sys, or >>>> i20mgr.sys, etc. This full file name is preceded by usually 8 small >>>> box characters. Inside the white body of the screen there are a few >>>> special characters: [\} and a character that looks like an inverse >>>> equal sign, standing vertically. >>>> 4) CTRL-ALT-DEL at this point shows you flashes of blue underneath >>>> 5) The Outlook .PST file is missing >>>> 6) My antivirus and all other SYSTRAY items are gone >>>> 7) IE6 or IE7 won't connect to home page, instead Internet Properties >>>> opwns on the General Tab >>>> 8)Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2006 sees nothing, same with their Housecall >>>> and WinSIC, or SYSCLEAN utilities. >>>> 9) MS RootkitRevealer finds nothing. >>>> >>>> Infection route: while it could have been web browsing, or email, I >>>> really think it came from an odd incident when a client came in with >>>> CAD files to print on a thumb drive. Trend says thumbdrives don't >>>> infect PCs, though I've looked at the U3.com software available for a >>>> SanDisk Cruzer (and several other makes)and it seems like there's a >>>> CPU in it, because you can scan a new PC for viruses using Avast from >>>> the thumb drive. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> AT one point they sent me a tool to fix the associations with >>>> applications, so that now Start Programs run most apps. >>>> However, I've lost my email. This case has been open at Trend for >>>> more than a month, and now they are telling me it is not a virus and >>>> don't worry. >>>> >>>> Not only that, when I call Trend Tech support, they hang up on me >>>> repeatedly, or put my call back in the queue, or promise to work the >>>> next day with me, and then don't. They want me to go away, but I >>>> think this is a serious threat. >>>> >>>> CAN a thumbdrive infect a system? >>>> Has anyone seen anything like this, or know how to respond to it and >>>> recover my email (besides backup)? >>>> >>>> Thanks for any leads. >>>> >>>> That can't be correct, is it? >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFggjsqAaEpZvj+VMRAsv9AKCUNNdQrqjZnuaxyu4efehSKKzO4wCfbPhC QTjeKzgG4KHzPq6p7TCeFn0= =gLky -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
