Strange pop-up when using USB

[JohnS]

Has anyone else had this happen yet? When I insert my USB jump drive, I get a
pop-up box with the header "Virus Protection By Scarecrow(TheMick). Then,
when the standard window opens that asks what I would like to do (i.e. copy
files, etc.) the same choice is listed at the top of the window. can anyone
shed some light on this. Do we have a new virus/threat/vulnerability out
there? Various anti-virus scans reveal nothing, and an internet search turned
up only one very vague mention of this with no follow-up to the situation.
Nothing appears to be wrong with the systems this has appeared on, but I am
concerned. Anyone have any ideas?

John

 

[JS]

Has anyone else had this happen yet? When I insert my USB jump drive, I
get a
pop-up box with the header "Virus Protection By Scarecrow(TheMick). Then,
when the standard window opens that asks what I would like to do (i.e.
copy
files, etc.) the same choice is listed at the top of the window. can
anyone
shed some light on this. Do we have a new virus/threat/vulnerability out
there? Various anti-virus scans reveal nothing, and an internet search
turned
up only one very vague mention of this with no follow-up to the situation.
Nothing appears to be wrong with the systems this has appeared on, but I
am
concerned. Anyone have any ideas?

John

Virus Removal Info
Provided by: Malke - MS MVP:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware

Also:
Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315

 

[Daave]

Has anyone else had this happen yet? When I insert my USB jump drive,
I get a pop-up box with the header "Virus Protection By
Scarecrow(TheMick). Then, when the standard window opens that asks
what I would like to do (i.e. copy files, etc.) the same choice is
listed at the top of the window. can anyone shed some light on this.
Do we have a new virus/threat/vulnerability out there? Various
anti-virus scans reveal nothing, and an internet search turned up
only one very vague mention of this with no follow-up to the
situation. Nothing appears to be wrong with the systems this has
appeared on, but I am concerned. Anyone have any ideas?

That header is associated with AutoClean and ComboKill, and these are
associated with the W32/KillBat-C worm:

http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/viruses-and-spyware/w32killbatc.html

 

[Jose]

Has anyone else had this happen yet? When I insert my USB jump drive, I get a
pop-up box with the header "Virus Protection By Scarecrow(TheMick).  Then,
when the standard window opens that asks what I would like to do (i.e. copy
files, etc.) the same choice is listed at the top of the window. can anyone
shed some light on this. Do we have a new virus/threat/vulnerability out
there? Various anti-virus scans reveal nothing, and an internet search turned
up only one very vague mention of this with no follow-up to the situation..
Nothing appears to be wrong with the systems this has appeared on, but I am
concerned. Anyone have any ideas?

John

I frequently start here:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these free malware
detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/

They can be uninstalled later if desired.