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USBWorm: The Virus that prevents Firefox from running and hides all hidden files

Started by Srinivasan A Paul Joseph · 10 months ago

I’ve recently encountered a severe Virus (or should we say, a Worm) called USBWorm. It doesn’t actually destroy any files or cause anything else to crash. But it does the major damage to the User activity.
First of all, let me tell you what happens when this worm ha ... Continue reading »

10 comments

  • SandeshG

    1 year ago

    Hi,
    Thanx dude!
    I didnt find the

    O4 - HKLM\..\Policies\Explorer\Run: [winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap41a\std.txt

    line in HijackThis
    Though remaining part was surely there,....done with it.
    Still hidden files are not displayed.....
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  • Srinivasan A Paul Joseph

    1 year ago

    Hi SandeshG,


    For showing the hidden files, you need to change a Registry key, I've modified my Post above with the change. For your information, here is the key you need to change.


    Step 1: Open Registry Editor by Start -> Run -> REGEDIT

    Step 2: Navigate to My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\


    Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL


    Step 3: Change the CheckedValue and DefaultValue to 1


    Step 4: Close the Registry Editor and Open Windows Explorer by pressing Windows Key + E


    Step 5: Open Tools -> Folder Options and select View tab and check the Show all files and folders under Hidden files and folders option.


    Step 6: You're Done!


    Thanks...

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  • SANDESHG

    1 year ago

    Thanks man.... all's working...!
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  • Srinivasan A Paul Joseph

    1 year ago

    Hi SandeshG,

    I'm glad it helped you out. Please let the word spread so that so many other people will get benefited.

    Thanks...
    reply
  • Sankaranand

    1 year ago

    recently i have been infected by my friend's mobile.
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  • Srinivasan A Paul Joseph

    1 year ago

    Dear Sankaranand,

    What do you mean by you've been recently affected by friend's mobile? As far as I know, this Virus doesn't spreads through Mobiles. I guess your friend might've used the Extended Memory Card as an USB Drive and got this Virus loaded in that. In that case, you can use the same methods specified above to clear it.

    Let me know whether you cleared it... :)
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  • Mangal

    1 year ago

    Thanks a lot

    I had the same issue,and its solved
    Mangal
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  • Srinivasan A Paul Joseph

    1 year ago

    Hi Mangal,

    I'm glad it helped you out.

    Thanks for visiting my Blog...
    reply
  • dipen

    1 year ago

    my system was suffering from virus/warm heap41a. I went through your blogs and followed ur solution and it solved.

    only i would like to ask you is in windows explorer whether i have to click to hidden files again after solving the problem.

    thank you very much

    Dipen
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  • Srinivasan A Paul Joseph

    1 year ago

    Hi Dipen,

    You've to make Hidden files show again to make sure your problem is solved. Once you're able to see hidden files, you can safely turn them off if you wish.

    Thanks...
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