My pendrives are infected with severine.exe which use to create folders of 138kb.i got avg AV,its has removed those but i m not able to access my data they are nt displayed on screen.tough during scaning it is shown but i checked it by even unhidding (via foldr option)...it has occupied space on drive also...how can i get my data bac....

I had my problem on that on my external hard disk..got worried and find lots of answers but didnt work out on me I tried my own and it worked.
Those folder are on shortcut icon right....just follow these steps
My Operating System is Vista

for example you have folder name "Pictures"

1.Right click that folder then go to Properties.
2.Look for toolbar Shortcut in that menu you will find Target then it has something like these..
==> %windir%\system32\cmd.exe /c "start %cd%RECYCLER\e5188982.exe &&%windir%\explorer.exe %cd%Pictures
3.Delete all that then change into F:\Pictures then press OK.
4.You can now open the folder next thing you do is create a new folder where you want to copy that file.you can do it in that same hard drive which is your F: right.
5.open the folder Picture...press Ctrl+A it will be highlighted all the files then Ctrl+X to cut the files then go to the new folder you created then paste it there or Ctrl+V.
6.Check the Picture folder if there is no file left then delete it and do it to other files.

Hope it helps...

Security tool trojan will alter your .exe files and in the end you will not be able to access/run any .exe file.
AVG ver. 8.5 does not detect it either.
Manual removal:

Search in /Document and Settings for "ave.exe" and "av.exe": delete all entries found. If you cant delete them go into Task Manager and end the process called ave or av then retry to delete.

Search in C:\Windows for "ave*.pf" and "av*.pf" -> delete the entries.

In Notepad paste:

[Version]
Signature="$Chicago$"
Provider=atropine

[DefaultInstall]
DelReg=regsec
AddReg=regsec1

[regsec]
HKCU, Software\Classes\.exe
HKCU, Software\Classes\secfile
HKCR, secfile
HKCR, .exe\shell\open\command

[regsec1]
HKCR, exefile\shell\open\command,,,"""%1"" %*"
HKCR, .exe,,,"exefile"
HKCR, .exe,"Content Type",,"application/x-msdownload"

Save this with the .inf (instead of the default .txt) extension on your desktop. Right click on the file and choose Install
Reboot.

If your u8 has an operating system installed, yes, you can do that.
Be sure to boot the u8 in Safe Mode to copy your files.

I would also recommend checking the copied files for viruses before you use them.

simple format the pen drive.

Your pendrive is infected with AVG.vbs virus
to remove this virus install malwarebytes (It is antimalware software)and scan your whole computer as well as your pendrive when you scaning finish remove all threats

You might have a Virus. In the case of a Virus infection I would most likely disconnect the Hard drive from the machine, scan it on another machine ( using AVG7 + AVGAS = AVG Antivirus and AVG Anti Spyware Scan) remembering to turn off system restore while scanning on the drive.

If you have successfully found and removed the virus infection, remember to delete your system volume information and recycler folder on the drive. virus files tend to infect these folders.

When you plug in your HDD into your machine again, you might want to do a Windows repair; to fix the issues that the virus has caused OR use a registry repair tool to repair registry items. Another option would be to create a new user name. The settings in that new accound should be working fine and you should be able to access the start menu and your folders again.

its simple guys..!!!
if it asks for permission to access outlook..don't permit it because it is a smart virus and is going to spread it to all the people on your contact list...!!!
simply open task manager and end process tree of KHATRA.exe , gHost.exe , xplorer.exe and OUTLOOK.exe seperately...!!
then run your anti virus or download one if you don't have one..!!!
run a complete computer scan in detail..!!
then delete all files which are infected by the virus because the results contain only duplicate files which are created by the virus

helo frind

1. Windows Xp installation disk 
2. Access to PC with working CD Cd-ROM DVD drive. 
3. This file solution.rar 

This guide is for people with basic knowledge of PC hardware and system software 
Let's start. 

1. Download solution.rar file 
2. Unpack solution.rar file on drive C, you should have a folder named C:\Dos 
3. Put your pendrive ( at least 1GB) into working PC USB port 
4. Go to the folder C:\Dos and run HpUSBformat.exe file 
- it should auto detect wyour pendrive disk, if not select form the list ( my pendrive is a drive G: ) 
- set other options like on the image below and click start. 


- now you have a pendrive with bootable dos on it. 
5. Copy all other files from C:/Dos to your pendrive. ( you can overwrite existing ones) 
- your pendrive should look like that 



6. Put your Windows Xp installation disk into Cdrom and copy all files from CD to pendrive.

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