[niche]

Do you know of any good software to remove the pen drive/memory card virus? Earlier usbfix was working to remove the virus, now in 2016, it is not effective. Do you have any experience dealing with customized viruses ?
There are some hidden files on the pen drive/memory card

[nakitakona]

I have always met this kind of problem every time I use my flash drive. When I insert to other computer unit, it usually gets infected and my files are affected. Worse, they get lost. This computer "malady" I should say with stick flashdrive couldn't permanently removed. Once you treat your FD with virus remover you have, it will recur. The virus keeps on infecting it. It is hiding somewhere in the memory of the flashdrive.

Solution: use your computer, laptop in storing your files, especially the important one. Another solution is have your files stored in the Google drive or whatever online storage site you want to post it. Thus, anywhere you go and anytime you want it, you could easily access to your own files. Never rely with flashdrive. You would be sorry if it is too costly once it is infected with virus. It won't work anymore.

[darkthorn]

I don't know any other solution appart from scanning the pen drive everytime you use a PC. Even this week my teacher spent 2 hours trying to fix his pen in our class. He ended up formating the pen. If you use different PCs which you are not sure they are virus clean than using the pc is always a risk, but unfortunately there is not many solutions to prevent the infection.

[oldbuddy]

I would try transferring the files to a Linux machine, then format the pen drive and put them back.

[darkfran85]

Use a machine without viruses PC or any dispositive for remove virus, any friend can help you

-- 27 Oct 2016, 05:37 --

Use a machine without viruses PC or any dispositive for remove virus, any friend can help you

[shamzblueworld]

I would try transferring the files to a Linux machine, then format the pen drive and put them back.

That seem like a good idea. I have a linux PC too but I don't do this, I'm gonna keep this in mind from now on.
Thanks

[bestwriter]

I don't know any other solution appart from scanning the pen drive everytime you use a PC. Even this week my teacher spent 2 hours trying to fix his pen in our class. He ended up formating the pen. If you use different PCs which you are not sure they are virus clean than using the pc is always a risk, but unfortunately there is not many solutions to prevent the infection.

I never let anyone use their pendrive using my pc as there is the possibility that it could be infected and then my pc would get it too.

[tomford]

most antivirus apps let you scan usb drives just try using one of them and scan your drive everytime using malwarebytes or any other reliable antivirus. i dont know what strange computers you use but i would put superantispyware on your drive so if the computer you use doesnt have any antivirus you will have some on your device already to clean the strange computer and your drive. although if you are using a public computer they might not like you scanning and deleting stuff

[Husainkoliraskr]

You need to scan your device with a good anti virus software which detect automatically the malware and junks and virusin your device.

[niche]

You need to scan your device with a good anti virus software which detect automatically the malware and junks and virusin your device.

Most anti virus software cannot detect the malware, can you suggest any low cost and effective software

[Canaria]

You need to scan your device with a good anti virus software which detect automatically the malware and junks and virusin your device.

Most anti virus software cannot detect the malware, can you suggest any low cost and effective software

At no cost, you can use both Avast antivirus and Malwarebytes. Both are proven to be very effective, and the upgraded versions offered you various kind of protections.

[shamzblueworld]

I use AVG on my laptop, the free version. So far it has protected me quite well from all the harmful USBs and Memory Cards.

[ceci]

If virus scanning is failed, I will choose to format the pen drive as ultimate choice, but all the files will be gone!

[oldbuddy]

If virus scanning is failed, I will choose to format the pen drive as ultimate choice, but all the files will be gone!

If one or more of the files are contaminated, I would WANT them gone, wouldn't you?

[severos]

I would try transferring the files to a Linux machine, then format the pen drive and put them back.

This can be a solution if the virus isn't hiding inside the files them selves.

[oldbuddy]

I would try transferring the files to a Linux machine, then format the pen drive and put them back.

This can be a solution if the virus isn't hiding inside the files them selves.

If you format the drive, the files would be gone. Of course with the price of Pen Drives today, a better choice might be to throw it away and buy a new one rather than risk your computer.

[severos]

I would try transferring the files to a Linux machine, then format the pen drive and put them back.

This can be a solution if the virus isn't hiding inside the files them selves.

If you format the drive, the files would be gone. Of course with the price of Pen Drives today, a better choice might be to throw it away and buy a new one rather than risk your computer.

my comment was on the part of transferring to Linux machine, formatting the pen drive should be a safe solution... unless someone did hardware modifications on it to install virus as part of the firmware (possible but super low chance of happening).

[Canaria]

if it's shortcut virus then you can try this tool https://www.fosshub.com/UsbFix.html

[germainebull]

never let anyone use their pendrive using my pc as there is the possibility that it could be infected and then my pc would get it too.

Instead of rejecting your friends who may need as genuine favor from you, you could set your PC such that it automatically scans any external device that it attached to it. This way, you'll easily identify and neutralize viruses.

[chikitta]

I guess a good anti virus will do the trick that's all you need. There is no trick to it