"poster" wrote in message
> all of a sudden you can see on usb pen drive folder and filenames
> such as >?<.%$$ and the size of files ranging to 2gb which is false
> because flash is only 1gb, and the more you mess with it the more
> such files appear(and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or attach
> them ) However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal
> anything(did not scan boot sector though)
> Any ideas please
I ran into that problem, several times, a few years ago and I think
it was caused by my plugging my USB drive into computers that
were infected with either a virus or spyware of some kind. Being
a PC tech I use my USB drive on many different computers and
the only way I could fix it was to format the USB drive and copy
everything back onto it.
After going through that a few times I started carrying two USB
drives around, one just for my files, and one with the software I
use to remove viruses and spyware from computers. I have not
run into that problem for a few years but, just to be on the safe
side, I backup my USB drives on a daily basis.
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