First of all, please run a scan on your USB with your AV program. Please hold down the shift key while inserting the USB storage device for at least 10 secs. Now run the AV scan. Also scan it with SAS and MBAM. If these come out clean you should now save any important information on your storage device before running the program below.Panda USB and AutoRun VaccineInsert your flash drive before we begin.
Hold down the Shift key when inserting the flash drive until Windows detects it to bypass the autorun feature. This will keep the autorun.inf from executing automatically.
Download
Panda USB and AutoRun Vaccine and save it to your desktop.
* Extract (unzip) the file to your desktop and a folder named
USBVaccine will be created.
* Open that folder and double-click on
USBVaccine.exe to start the program.
* Click
Run* Click the button to
Vaccinate computer.
* Insert your
USB flash drive.
* When the name of the drive appears in the dialog box, click the button to
Vaccinate USB drive(s).* Exit
Panda USB and
AutoRun Vaccine when done.
Note: Computer AutoRun Vaccination will prevent any AutoRun file from running, regardless of whether the removable device is infected or not. USB Vaccination disables the autorun file so it cannot be read, modified or replaced by malicious code. The
Panda Resarch Blog advises that once USB drives have been vaccinated, they cannot be reversed except with a format. If you do this, be sure to back up your data files first or they will be lost during the formatting process.