PROTECT PC from USB flash drives
Hello guys, i have problem in my company i work in NEWSPAPER real problem is when peoples that we frequent daily is high and they insert their USB flash drives after that USB gets fully with SHORTCUTS,i have tried Norton Corporate 11 no success ESET antivirus AVG ANTIVIRUSALSO MICROSOFT SECURITY ESSENTIAL ALSO I HAVE DEEP FREEZall of theese with no succes so we have larg of volume work and we can't stop USB port so did someone has solved this problem in WINDOWS XP ... AND HOW TO STOP APPEARING THOSE SHORTCUTS ON USB ...1 person needs an answerI do too
December 16th, 2010 7:51am

Hi, 1. What kind of shortcuts are these?2. How do these shortcuts appear?3. What happens if you format the flash drives?Hope to hear ack from you soon!Thanks and Regards:Shekhar S - Microsoft Support. Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think. If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.
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December 17th, 2010 12:21am

You shouldn't run more than one Anti-Virus in same machine it cause error and conflcit. You have to run only one of them.Also please explain a bit more about shortcut that your are seeing and reproduce steps.Update your Windows and Anti-virus and run full system scan.
December 18th, 2010 6:09am

Hello Shekhar S, hmm Shortcuts are these example if i have in my pen drive folder "Programs" after two or three plugin the FOLDER IN PEN DRIVE IS GETTING SHORCUT and folder becomes shortcut and "Programs.ink" and also after PEN DRIVE gets with shortcuts are added Folders that not exists like "DOCUMENTS" shortcut"PICTURE" Shortcut, "VIDEO" shortcuts "Music" shortcut or basic folders that appears in My Document folder like Documents , Videos, Pictures are added like shortcuts in Pen drives
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December 18th, 2010 9:04am

Hello Shekhar S, hmm Shortcuts are these example if i have in my pen drive folder "Programs" after two or three plugin the FOLDER IN PEN DRIVE IS GETTING SHORCUT and folder becomes shortcut and "Programs.lnk" and also after PEN DRIVE gets with shortcuts are added Folders that not exists like "DOCUMENTS" shortcut"PICTURE" Shortcut, "VIDEO" shortcuts "Music" shortcut or basic folders that appears in My Document folder like Documents , Videos, Pictures are added like shortcuts in Pen drives
December 18th, 2010 9:05am

Hello Cyber, hmm Shortcuts are these example if i have in my pen drive folder "Programs" after two or three plugin of pen drive the FOLDER IN PEN DRIVE IS GETTING SHORCUT and folder becomes shortcut and "Programs.ink" and also after PEN DRIVE gets with shortcuts are added Folders that not exists like "DOCUMENTS" shortcut"PICTURE" Shortcut, "VIDEO" shortcuts "Music" shortcut or basic folders that appears in My Document folder like Documents , Videos, Pictures are added like shortcuts in Pen drivesALSO i have update antivirus and i have scaned fully the PCSO do you have any idea WHY this suffix *.ink is appearing at my folders in USB drive and also are added default folders of windows xp in My USB drive VIDEOS , PICTURES ...
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December 18th, 2010 9:08am

Hello Cyber, hmm Shortcuts are these example if i have in my pen drive folder "Programs" after two or three plugin of pen drive the FOLDER IN PEN DRIVE IS GETTING SHORCUT and folder becomes shortcut and "Programs.lnk" and also after PEN DRIVE gets with shortcuts are added Folders that not exists like "DOCUMENTS" shortcut"PICTURE" Shortcut, "VIDEO" shortcuts "Music" shortcut or basic folders that appears in My Document folder like Documents , Videos, Pictures are added like shortcuts in Pen drivesALSO i have update antivirus and i have scaned fully the PCSO do you have any idea WHY this suffix *.lnk is appearing at my folders in USB drive and also are added default folders of windows xp in My USB drive VIDEOS , PICTURES ...
December 18th, 2010 9:09am

Another question, is your Windows fully update, if not update your Windows.It is NOT normal behavior, but I guess you miss some update because in preview Windows update autorun from pen drive are been blocked by default.Also note that if your pen drive is clean of virus and then insert it to infected system then this might happen . Therefore before insert your pendrive to any PC make sure it is clean of virus and after insert in a system you seen this then that system is infected and you have to install Anti-Virus and scan it too.
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December 19th, 2010 3:03am

Windows is out of internet connection so they don't have windows updates istalled Windows Xp SP3, so for the autorun i have downloaded the update who stops but for me isn't problem i stop autorun for all drives in gpedit.msc manually.Yes before i insert usb i clean the pen drive in another pc because the folders in pen drive Example "programs" the folder gets shortcut and suffix is .lnkafter this a can't enter in that folder, i have to X:\programs.lnk when i clean .lnk suffix then i enter in folder backup my datas and then i format the drive. i have scaned it fully PC but with nop succes i use now MSE before it was Sophos and i think all that was caused from Sophos making folders shortcuts only in USb drive not in PC system. Now My system is getting better with MSE but i'm formating all of PC, but for me it will be a good solution to stop this worm in easely way probably would help someone who has faced with this problem So if you have another idea i will appreciate so thanks for your time...
December 19th, 2010 9:49am

If PC is already infected then it will spread Malware, also you should make sure MSE is also get update before run scan. In your case, I also suggest to contact MSE support:https://support.microsoftsecurityessentials.com/And chose:I Think my computer is infectedAnd open support case and then support engineer would help you to review this problem more deeper and resolve it.
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December 20th, 2010 10:47am

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