On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 23:11 +0200, twpim-...@yahoo.com.au wrote: > - on Windows box original folders are not visiable only newly created > executable files are showed with icon as folders and without .exe extension
It's normal for default settings, that Windows doesn't show extensions. > Maybe somebody can identify by this description which virus is this? At the moment _nothing_ does lead to a virus, but more likely to e.g. a broken controller. What makes you think that it is a virus? Is there any information you didn't give us? Perhaps you need to ask at a Windows forum or Windows support, since the Debian mailing list isn't for fixing Windows issues. > I can mount this drive in Debian box but only in read-only mode. It make > no difference if mounting as regular user or superuser: > > # mount /dev/sda1 > mount: block device /dev/sda1 is write-protected, mounting read-only If you've got good luck, then the controller isn't broken, but you need to remove the write protection. > I even tried this with no success: > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda > dd: opening `/dev/sda': Read-only file system Why should this work for a write-protected device? Windows: http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/54---how-to-fix-write-protected-disks http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/storage/3456666/how-format-write-protected-flash-drive/ Linux: As root run hdparm -r0 /dev/sd? where ? is for a, b, c ... z, IOW the number of your USB stick. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ hdparm --help -r Get/set device readonly flag (DANGEROUS to set) Regards, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1379827935.742.274.camel@archlinux