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.
@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. Regards Narendra Diwate On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:51, Sriranga(77yrsold) <[email protected]>wrote: > reg:inside every folder there was a file {foldername}.exe - kindly confirm > that inside every folder is of Windows XP and not linux? > > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 11:22 PM, $reeHari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Try Nod32 beta for linux . It may clean it . not sure , but maybe . You >> can download it from http://beta.eset.com/ . >> >> 2010/6/20 Mallikarjun <[email protected]> >> >> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Rajat Khanduja < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>> >>> >>> This is a very common Virus which spreads through USB devices... >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 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.... >>>> >>> >>> 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... >>> >>> But I still think, you should have got in Windows only, may be after >>> Macfee cleaned, the virus reran the program >>> >>> 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) >>> >>> >>>> >>>> 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... >>>> >>> >>> You are right, no executable permissions will be given by default... >>> >>> May be you can Re-Install Windows XP if none of the Antivirus Software >>> applications able to clean those viruses... >>> I know this is the the last option, but I can't see any other solutions >>> >>> Others pour in your suggestions... >>> >>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ubuntu-in mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-in mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Yours Truly , >> SreeHari >> www.twitter.com/Sree_Hari >> >> "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow >> in Australia." -Charles Schultz >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-in mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >> >> > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > >
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