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Old Jul 18, 2013 | 6:01 am
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Guercifgal
 
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Originally Posted by Buzz53
Having been caught in a similar situation, but with another virus, my solution was to re-format the flash drive. Load Ubuntu (or similar) from a CD so that it's running in virtual mode (or find a PC with it installed) and do a complete re-format of the flash drive.
Alternatively, dispose of the flash drive. If it's a small capacity one, they are not expensive.
Will also do this tonight. Thanks!
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