USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
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'...
Re: USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
alo <alo@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.
>
>
Re: USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
"Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> schreef in bericht
news:6d20u6FeupbU1@mid.individual.net...
> Previously alo <alo@btinternet.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:58 -0700, Ed Light <nobody@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.
Re: USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
"Rene" <invalid@arie.beukenoot> wrote in
news:1pQak.175425$Ek2.106157@newsfe17.ams2:
> 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
First he should read the link I posted and make sure it is not a trojan
replicating from his OS hdd. If it is he should do a secure wipe of the OS
too and reinstall.
Re: USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
"alo" <alo@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:6vdn64pvh2fos8jqj4kg6nhf4mighq2vfv@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:58 -0700, Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there>
> wrote:
>
>>I think that deleting the partition and making a new one will fix it.
>
That is unlikely. If you quick format the flash drive, but loader.exe comes back,
then you have malware on you system partition. Solve that problem first.
> How do I go about deleting the partition... I have formatted it
> twice.... is it possible to partition a USB memory stick with WinXP ?
>
Of course. You can even unpartition it by zeroing the MBR.
Re: USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
Previously Rene <invalid@arie.beukenoot> wrote:
> "Arno Wagner" <me@privacy.net> schreef in bericht
> news:6d20u6FeupbU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Previously alo <alo@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:45:58 -0700, Ed Light <nobody@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.
Re: USB memory stick has 'loader.exe' constantly appearing
On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:20:20 GMT, The Coward Robert Ford
<no@email.invalid> put finger to keyboard and composed:
>"Rene" <invalid@arie.beukenoot> wrote in
>news:1pQak.175425$Ek2.106157@newsfe17.ams2:
>
>> 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
>
>First he should read the link I posted and make sure it is not a trojan
>replicating from his OS hdd. If it is he should do a secure wipe of the OS
>too and reinstall.
I'm wondering if the Trojan autoruns whenever the OP inserts his/her
USB drive. In this way all his/her XP machines would have become
infected.
- Franc Zabkar
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