supersunbird
Honorary Master
My machine at home has a up to date antivirus, in fact, this flashdrive will show that message, even if it has no files on it ,in any PC I plug it into. Now why is that?
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External HDD question
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My machine at home has a up to date antivirus, in fact, this flashdrive will show that message, even if it has no files on it ,in any PC I plug it into. Now why is that?
The_Techie
Resident Techie
I've tried just about everything carderne has suggested and I've found the only solution to be a format. But hey, if it'll work here without a format try it 
@bwana
Viruses? My PC seems to agree!
@supersunbird
You say "even if it has no files on it". Have you enabled viewing of system files? (just underneath viewing extensions)
They make them system files, so that virus scanners are less likely to scan them, users are less likely to see them, and even if they do see them, will be less willing to delete them...
Viruses? My PC seems to agree!
@supersunbird
You say "even if it has no files on it". Have you enabled viewing of system files? (just underneath viewing extensions)
They make them system files, so that virus scanners are less likely to scan them, users are less likely to see them, and even if they do see them, will be less willing to delete them...
supersunbird
Honorary Master
HavocXphere
Honorary Master
/Resurrects thread
I just had a bit of a brainwave:
The external harddrives are NTFS, so if one creates an empty autorun.inf and removes all permissions then nothing should be able to overwrite it. I doubt that the viruses are clever enough to first grant itself write access in the permissions. It won't prevent an infection, but it should prevent and autorun of infected files. Thoughts?
I just had a bit of a brainwave:
The external harddrives are NTFS, so if one creates an empty autorun.inf and removes all permissions then nothing should be able to overwrite it. I doubt that the viruses are clever enough to first grant itself write access in the permissions. It won't prevent an infection, but it should prevent and autorun of infected files. Thoughts?
Thestealth
Expert Member
Agree with you HavocXphere, however, it looks to me like the autorun file is the problem. When you load pic's and stuff to display the HDD or folders in explorer, windows creates the autorun file. When you delete the pic, autorun will give you the finger. That's why it the OS is allowing access via the run menu. I suggest you delete the autorun file, that should solve it. Alternatively, look what's written in the autorun file, it might be pointing to an app that was on the drive and no longer is.