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Removing USB viruses with Ubuntu

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Hemanth HM

Most of the viruses which are widespread due to OS like Windows can be easily smashed in OS like Ubuntu ;)

Steps to success:

cd /media/<your-usb-drive>
sudo chmod 777 *.*

Common viruses:

  • Autorun.inf
  • Ravmon.exe
  • New Folder.exe
  • svchost.exe
  • Heap41a
  • NewFolder.exe
  • System
  • RECYCLER

…or any other exe file which may be suspicious.

Remove them:

sudo rm -rf *.exe
sudo rm -rf Autorun.inf
sudo rm -rf RECYCLER

P.S: If step 2 did not help try sudo chmod 777 *

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