This thread is something that i will like to see develop. I too use USB drives between XP and UBUNTU and do see foldername. exe files in the USB when i plug it in Ubuntu. I do delete them incl the autorun.ini files. <div>
<br></div><div>@To the OP: Do you have a dual boot setup or a Virtual machine install of Ubuntu. If your /home or /root is shared between XP and Ubuntu using something like fsdriver or ext2fsd then yes all the drives/folders that are readable/writable from XP will have the virus. Else NO.</div>
<div><br clear="all">Regards<br><br>Narendra Diwate<br><br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:51, Sriranga(77yrsold) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:withblessings@gmail.com">withblessings@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
reg:inside every folder there was a file {foldername}.exe - kindly confirm that inside every folder is of Windows XP and not linux?<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:22 PM, $reeHari <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theneoindian@gmail.com" target="_blank">theneoindian@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">Try Nod32 beta for linux . It may clean it . not sure , but maybe . You can download it from <a href="http://beta.eset.com/" target="_blank">http://beta.eset.com/</a> .<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/6/20 Mallikarjun <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mallik.v.arjun@gmail.com" target="_blank">mallik.v.arjun@gmail.com</a>></span><div><div></div><div><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Rajat Khanduja <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rajatkhanduja13@gmail.com" target="_blank">rajatkhanduja13@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I started using Ubuntu 9.10 in March'10...since then I've Windows on my comp as well...soon after, I noticed that inside every folder there was a file {foldername}.exe</blockquote></div><div><br>This is a very common Virus which spreads through USB devices...<br>
</div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div><br></div><div>Initially I thought it was a "windows" virus...and tried to clean it up using McAffee ...but even though I'm using Ubuntu more often...I end up getting them back..and even without using Windows....</div>
</blockquote></div><div><br>I doubt it very much, but a small script written for a cross platform can even run on Ubuntu but executable permissions will not be enabled by default...<br><br>But I still think, you should have got in Windows only, may be after Macfee cleaned, the virus reran the program<br>
<br>Can you share some more details, does the FAT/NTFS drives only have {foldername}.exe or all the drives including Home (I doubt /root will be affected)<br> </div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><br></div><div>I'm sure its not normal for a ".exe" file to be created on its own in Ubuntu....what shall I do..I'm not using any antivirus..I've CLAMAV..but I don't know how to use the command-line version...</div>
</blockquote></div><div><br>You are right, no executable permissions will be given by default...<br><br>May be you can Re-Install Windows XP if none of the Antivirus Software applications able to clean those viruses...<br>
I know this is the the last option, but I can't see any other solutions<br>
<br>Others pour in your suggestions...<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex">
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