Wednesday, December 14, 2011

MAS USB Virus

In our school there is an annoying virus that spreads so fast. I call it MAS USB Virus because you are not a seminarian of MAS if you did not have this virus in your flash drive. Norton identifies it as w32.sality.ae virus. The virus simply hides the folders copies the folder name and create exe of the folder. The virus creates autorun file that once you plug in your usb, quickly you're infected. This can be fixed by norton. Students unhide it by using the folder view options by showing the protected files. Original Norton can fix it but AVG, NOD32 and similar pirated antivirus, as I have witnessed it, may fix it but compared to Norton some viruses, spywares, trojans and many others cannot be detected. Buy Norton instead (360, Internet Security, Antivirus). It is better to pay a thousand pesos for a year of protection than lose your files suddenly. Sabi nila sila din gumagawa ng virus eh di syempre maglagay pa din ng antivirus. Scan first and clean with Norton. There is another problem. Changing attributes is not easy that is unhiding the folders. There is a special app that can unearth these folders and files. Go to this link http://www.mediafire.com/?q3mz3yjmkyl to download the file. After installing, just right mouse click the hidden folder or file and choose "Change Attributes..." Uncheck everything then the folders will be back to normal. The best way again is to backup your files often.

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