disk directory seen as a shortcut

Monyi

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hey, I have a certain problem. I inserted my USB drive into someone's Pc, and immediately after, it was seen as shown here. View attachment 41647. when I inserted it back to my computer, it was the same thing, how do I solve this. thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
You have 2 threads with the same question - you should close one - I replied to one and Count Mike to the other :)

In any case I had this virus (in fact I get it every time I go to my local internet café to print something) and cleaning it is pretty easy. In fact now I don't even bother - I just immediately reformat my USB key. Please put a screen print of the properties of the shortcut just to confirm.

Assuming it is the same ituneshelper.vbs virus you need to:

Stop the wscript.exe process.
Delete ituneshelper.vbs from system32
go to command prompt and enter attrib -h -r -s /s /d x:\*.* (where x the drive letter of your usb)
Delete all the shortcuts and any vbs scripts from the usb
copy the contents to your PC
reformat your usb and copy the data back.

As this happens so often to me I have a USB solely for using outside my house. Defender stops your PC getting infected (and therefore propagating it) but it can't stop your USB key getting corrupted on someone else's PC.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro Prieview x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MacBook Pro Core2Duo
    CPU
    T7600
    Memory
    3
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI Radeon X1600
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Internal
    Screen Resolution
    1440 x 800
    Hard Drives
    40GB
    Keyboard
    Apple
    Mouse
    Apple
    Internet Speed
    Varies
    Browser
    Various
    Antivirus
    Defender
Thanks alot Adamf for the details. i have done exactly that, and it worked.
I think I am in this forum to learn and stay. cheers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
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