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USB Flash drive "Trojan"
I have a friend who bought a SanDisk 2GB Flash drive about a month ago and
it comes with application software (useless, as far as I can tell) that installs (or maybe just runs?) automatically when you plug in the drive without even asking if you want it or not. Trying to delete it from the flash drive appears to work but then it reappears next time you plug it in. I just received a Kingston 2GB flash drive for Christmas and it, too has this obnoxious Trojan. Tried repartitioning using Linux and when I plug it into a Windows system the damn Trojan is still there! Anyone know of a way to get rid of this unwanted, useless crap? |
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USB Flash drive "Trojan"
Disregard - found my answer. It's a U3 "smart" drive - for anyone interested
in uninstalling it go he http://www.u3.com/uninstall/uninstall.aspx "Ron Hinds" wrote in message ... I have a friend who bought a SanDisk 2GB Flash drive about a month ago and it comes with application software (useless, as far as I can tell) that installs (or maybe just runs?) automatically when you plug in the drive without even asking if you want it or not. Trying to delete it from the flash drive appears to work but then it reappears next time you plug it in. I just received a Kingston 2GB flash drive for Christmas and it, too has this obnoxious Trojan. Tried repartitioning using Linux and when I plug it into a Windows system the damn Trojan is still there! Anyone know of a way to get rid of this unwanted, useless crap? |
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USB Flash drive "Trojan"
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:30:38 -0800, "Ron Hinds"
wrote: Tried repartitioning using Linux and when I plug it into a Windows system the damn Trojan is still there! Anyone know of a way to get rid of this unwanted, useless crap? Would help if you disabled auto play feature in XP. This should stop the obnoxious program from loading in the first place. |
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USB Flash drive "Trojan"
Previously Ron Hinds wrote:
Disregard - found my answer. It's a U3 "smart" drive - for anyone interested in uninstalling it go he http://www.u3.com/uninstall/uninstall.aspx Urgh! Gruesome! And when you tell them as Reason "I run Linux", they give you a Windows-App to remove it. Quite braindead.... Anyway, thanks for posting the info here! Arno "Ron Hinds" wrote in message ... I have a friend who bought a SanDisk 2GB Flash drive about a month ago and it comes with application software (useless, as far as I can tell) that installs (or maybe just runs?) automatically when you plug in the drive without even asking if you want it or not. Trying to delete it from the flash drive appears to work but then it reappears next time you plug it in. I just received a Kingston 2GB flash drive for Christmas and it, too has this obnoxious Trojan. Tried repartitioning using Linux and when I plug it into a Windows system the damn Trojan is still there! Anyone know of a way to get rid of this unwanted, useless crap? |
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