hello, im traveling in Asia and it looks like my sansa clips cought a USB virus.
since AV here cannot remove it, what is the best way to get rid of it ?
format it from windows ? format from the menu ? both ?
I have sansa clip 8GB.
Thanks,
Nir
hello, im traveling in Asia and it looks like my sansa clips cought a USB virus.
since AV here cannot remove it, what is the best way to get rid of it ?
format it from windows ? format from the menu ? both ?
I have sansa clip 8GB.
Thanks,
Nir
Format it from the menu.
Or just disable autorun in Windows and ignore it.
Note that a format will wipe out your content as well.
I had a friend whose USB flash drive was infected with a really nasty autorun virus. He primarily used the flash drive on his Mac and never had any problems with it, but when he plugged it into a Windows XP system, its payload destroyed a lot of data and was a real nightmare to clean up.
The only thing I could find to clean his USB flash drive so he could safely use it on Windows machines was this little program:
http://oldmcdonald.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/autorun-eater-v25/
It worked VERY well!
Help! My pc had a virus and when I plugged my clip zip in, suddenly the screen only displays a single bright line and I can’t fastforward songs! Is this a virus or just screen danage, and how can I fix it?
How do you know the clip got a virus. There is a mechanism in which malware can mess with the autorun.inf file. I don’t see this file when looking in msc mode. Give more details.
While a virus infection can do nasty things to a computer, not all nasty behaviour is due to a virus.