something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
attach them )
However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal anything(did
not scan boot sector though)
Any ideas please?

poster wrote:
> something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
> the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
> attach them )
> However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal anything(did
> not scan boot sector though)
> Any ideas please?

While you're waiting for other solutions:

Try installing the following two free programs.
After installation, update them them and then run each one separately.

MalwareBytes AntiMalware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe

SuperAntispyware
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

They will find and eliminate just as well as their paid versions.
You can always uninstall them later.

Buffalo

On Aug 11, 8:29*pm, "Buffalo" <E...@nada.com.invalid> wrote:
> poster wrote:
> > something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
> > the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
> > attach them )
> > However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal anything(did
> > not scan boot sector though)
> > Any ideas please?
>
> While you're waiting for other solutions:
>
> Try installing the following two free programs.
> After installation, update them them and then run each one separately.
>
> MalwareBytes AntiMalwarehttp://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam/program/mbam-setup.exe
>
> SuperAntispywarehttp://www.superantispyware.com/superantispywarefreevspro..html
>
> They will find and eliminate just as well as their paid versions.
> You can always uninstall them later.
>
> Buffalo
thanks I hope it will not just skip over those files or report
openning file error as other AV do

"poster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
>
> something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
> the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
> attach them )
> However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal anything(did
> not scan boot sector though)
> Any ideas please?

Have you recently accessed the file system with an alternate OS such as
a Linux boot cd?

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:24:51 -0400, poster <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> > something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
>> > the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
> thanks I hope it will not just skip over those files or report
> openning file error as other AV do

I've seen that exact behaviour when using a fake flash drive (i.e. one that
reports it's size as being larger then it really is. The one I'm thinking
of reported it's size as a 32GB flash drive, but was really a 1GB drive.
The real size was determined by writing larger and larger files until the
directory became corrupted.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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On Aug 11, 7:28*pm, poster <anglom...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
> the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
> attach them )
> However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal anything(did
> not scan boot sector though)
> Any ideas please?

thing is the more you thinker wtih usb you get more such files so it
is a virus,
same weird files you see in linux but no multiplication

"poster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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On Aug 11, 7:28 pm, poster <anglom...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> something has created files and folders with names such as >?<.%$$ and
> the size of files is false (and you cannot copy,open,rename,delete or
> attach them )
> However avg-free,NOD nor quickheal scan did not reveal anything(did
> not scan boot sector though)
> Any ideas please?

thing is the more you thinker wtih usb you get more such files so it
is a virus,
same weird files you see in linux but no multiplication

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On 14 авг, 16:53, Slarty <plink.1RoyT...@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:43:20 -0700 (PDT), poster wrote:
> > thing is the more you thinker wtih usb you get more suchfilesso it
> > is a virus,
> > same weirdfilesyou see in linux but no multiplication
>
> Never good to thinker with things, it might give you ideas.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roy

update-
kaspersky found nothing
is there av/anti rootkit that can handle weird filenames?

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:02:09 -0700 (PDT), poster wrote:

> On 14 ÐÒÓ, 16:53, Slarty <plink.1RoyT...@spamgourmet.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:43:20 -0700 (PDT), poster wrote:
>>> thing is the more you thinker wtih usb you get more suchfilesso it
>>> is a virus,
>>> same weirdfilesyou see in linux but no multiplication
>>
>> Never good to thinker with things, it might give you ideas.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Roy
>
> update-
> kaspersky found nothing
> is there av/anti rootkit that can handle weird filenames?

Missing joke alert.

Best to read all postings carefully. ;-)

"poster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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update-
kaspersky found nothing
is there av/anti rootkit that can handle weird filenames?

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