Comments on: Bootable Thumb Drive Virus Scanner Saves the Day http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/bootable-thumb-drive-virus-scanner-saves-the-day/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Troywedi http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/bootable-thumb-drive-virus-scanner-saves-the-day/#comment-18 Troywedi Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:45:19 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/security-corner/bootable-thumb-drive-virus-scanner-saves-the-day/#comment-18 I have just found this today on my network and Mcafee will not pick it up. In fact 15/36 popular scanners found it according to this site after I uploaded it. I have managed to wipe it from the usb but am unsure of how it originated and is spreading. I assume once loaded the next usb to be entered while the process is running will contract it. It seems to not only use the autorun on the usb but installs itself locally, so even though I have re-imaged a whole bunch on troubled computers I still have many users with this on their usb's. Even though I have supplied the wiper for usb Im sure alot will not try running it. Really sneaky one this. Thanks for the link! http://virscan.org/report/26521c2860fd9505c697955e68ceace4.html I have just found this today on my network and Mcafee will not pick it up. In fact 15/36 popular scanners found it according to this site after I uploaded it. I have managed to wipe it from the usb but am unsure of how it originated and is spreading. I assume once loaded the next usb to be entered while the process is running will contract it.

It seems to not only use the autorun on the usb but installs itself locally, so even though I have re-imaged a whole bunch on troubled computers I still have many users with this on their usb’s. Even though I have supplied the wiper for usb Im sure alot will not try running it. Really sneaky one this. Thanks for the link!

 <a href="http://virscan.org/report/26521c2860fd9505c697955e68ceace4.html" title="http://virscan.org/report/26521c2860fd9505c697955e68ceace4.html" target="_blank">http://virscan.org/report/26521c2860fd95…</a>

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