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Sun Wukong
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PostPosted: 05:38 - 10 Sep 2015    Post subject: Name this utter git of a virus please... (and how to fix?) Reply with quote

So, took USB drive to print shop/cafe, print stuff. Great.

Come back, all my documents are still on the USB drive, but within a shortcut.

Said problem has now spread to all computers in my office (any hard drive or USB drive has become a short cut when you first go in to it - see le paint jurpurg).

So, now it's transmogrifying things from Removable Disk to Local Disk, and causing other fidgey widgey. All USB drives can be formatted - no precious data.

Just wondering how to get rid of it from our computers? And what is the name of the beast?

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PostPosted: 08:02 - 10 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quick google seems to show it has been suffered by others, for example: https://ccm.net/forum/affich-703406-all-the-folder-in-my-pendrive-become-shortcut

If I was pushed to give it a name, I'd call it Bodyguard or MCN.
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PostPosted: 12:41 - 10 Sep 2015    Post subject: Re: Name this utter git of a virus please... (and how to fix Reply with quote

Sun Wukong wrote:
what is the name of the beast?


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Sun Wukong
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PostPosted: 19:54 - 10 Sep 2015    Post subject: Reply with quote

Minty wrote:
Quick google seems to show it has been suffered by others, for example: https://ccm.net/forum/affich-703406-all-the-folder-in-my-pendrive-become-shortcut

If I was pushed to give it a name, I'd call it Bodyguard or MCN.


Fun stuff.

I'll give it a go tomorrow/over the weekend, thanks for that mate Thumbs Up
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