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From: alo on 1 Jul 2008 08:34
Hello...

I have a USB memory stick and everytime I insert it into a PC (running
WinXP pro) symantec finds 3 x 'loader.exe' on it.

I have formmatted the stick a number of times but each time Auto
protect keeps finding this worm.

Could it be that there is something built into the memory stick that
formatting will not wipe, there is nothing showing on the stick
itself, but on 3 different machines the antivirus has found this
trojan horse 'loader.exe'...

Maybe I should throw it away.

From: The Coward Robert Ford on 1 Jul 2008 13:30
alo <alo(a)btinternet.com> wrote in news:2l8k6457dtb97tvct3mom01nindfp5a1vb@
4ax.com:

> Hello...
>
> I have a USB memory stick and everytime I insert it into a PC (running
> WinXP pro) symantec finds 3 x 'loader.exe' on it.
>
> I have formmatted the stick a number of times but each time Auto
> protect keeps finding this worm.
>
> Could it be that there is something built into the memory stick that
> formatting will not wipe, there is nothing showing on the stick
> itself, but on 3 different machines the antivirus has found this
> trojan horse 'loader.exe'...
>
> Maybe I should throw it away.
>
>

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/loader.exe-2575.html
From: alo on 2 Jul 2008 14:40
On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:58 -0700, Ed Light <nobody(a)nobody.there>
wrote:

>I think that deleting the partition and making a new one will fix it.

How do I go about deleting the partition... I have formatted it
twice.... is it possible to partition a USB memory stick with WinXP ?

Tks
From: Arno Wagner on 2 Jul 2008 14:49
Previously alo <alo(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:58 -0700, Ed Light <nobody(a)nobody.there>
> wrote:

>>I think that deleting the partition and making a new one will fix it.

> How do I go about deleting the partition... I have formatted it
> twice.... is it possible to partition a USB memory stick with WinXP ?

Yes. Just use the standard fromatting tool. You may want to apply a
disk-wiper first (one overwrite is enough).

Arno
From: Rene on 2 Jul 2008 15:09
"Arno Wagner" <me(a)privacy.net> schreef in bericht
news:6d20u6FeupbU1(a)mid.individual.net...
> Previously alo <alo(a)btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:58 -0700, Ed Light <nobody(a)nobody.there>
>> wrote:
>
>>>I think that deleting the partition and making a new one will fix it.
>
>> How do I go about deleting the partition... I have formatted it
>> twice.... is it possible to partition a USB memory stick with WinXP ?
>
> Yes. Just use the standard fromatting tool.

No, that is not enough, that just formats it (of fromats, whatever You
prefer ;-)) and does not remove the partition. OP should just rightclick on
"My (His) computer" and choose "manage". In the management console he should
pick disk managment and then the drives appear at the right / bottom of the
screen. Then he can right click on the usb stick's partitions and remove
them and afterward create new ones as well.

Good luck to OP!

Yours sincerely,
Rene


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