I just nailed me two of these NEW trojans from my Flash Drive
By mckioda02
@mckioda02 (83)
Philippines
October 16, 2010 8:32am CST
Good day to all MyLotters...
A couple of days ago, my flash drive was plugged in to one of those computers infected by these new Trojans that fix-hide files and create unnecessary shortcuts. Good thing, I created a "Decoy" folder and put all my important folders in there– The Trojan usually targets folders, MS OFFICE 2003-07 files, MP3, and other commonly used files. Today, as I returned home from school, I turned on my PC, turned on my 2 of my anti-viruses, and prayed as I plug in my FD in to the USB port. Thank God, One of my anti-viruses responded showing TWO of these pests. With no hesitation, I clicked on the "Delete All" button and the Trojans were immediately put in to quarantine, renaming them by appending *.zb. I worked back on my flash drive, created a new decoy folder, moved my files there, and deleted the old one.
1 response
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
16 Oct 10
I have not been affected yet by any trojans, but it sounds like you are very knowledgeable with the process.
Wow this is very helpful, I will be sure to refer to it if I or anyone has this sort of situation. Thanks for posting this.
@mckioda02 (83)
• Philippines
17 Oct 10
Thanks for responding...
You are not infected... Yet...
But still, I highly recommend flash drive owners to put all their files and folders in a decoy folder. This virus only attacks on the first tier of the drive. It will not go any further to the sub-folders.
OR...
If their flash drives have a "read only" switch, please do turn it on for safety...^^,