I had this problem.
The best way to remove a computer virus is like a doctor treats viral infections.
A doctor’s approach to a USB drive viral infection
In Tools> Folder options > View – hidden files and folders
The
Show hidden files and folders not working – after virus attack (heap41a svchost.exe)
This is how you get the settings back [...]
Harry Potter virus: Looks like the last file of a virus you just wiped out, until you try to erase it–then it wipes your drive.
Voldemort virus: You can’t get rid of it, only make it dormant. It can be reactivated by the Wormtail virus up to thirteen years later.
Dumbledore virus: Scares off all the other [...]
A type of USB pen / flash drive virus is a trojan worm made with VB Script. It gives an Autoplay or “Auto” option on all drives in the computer, affecting C: , D: , E: and so on.
It changes the Internet Explorer homepage to http://www.lastchaos.in.th/
And puts “Hacked by MOOzilla” in the Internet Explorer title
So, [...]
Symptoms :
* All hard drive partitions ( C: , D: , E: , …) have an autoplay
* Internet Explorer homepage set to some Thai site . Internet Explorer shows “Hacked by Moozilla” (sic)
on the title bar
* USB drives, and cameras and memory cards and portable hard drives and USB mp3 players and everything
USB shows [...]
Small pox is back !!! Kolkata ( formerly Calcutta – home of the Bengali babus), West Bengal, India. And Bangladesh. In the Indian subcontinent.
Although naturally occurring smallpox has been eradicated( not quite true – see above), there is still heightened concern that the variola virus might be used as an agent of [...]