my usb got infected when I plugged it in a laptop's shop, and all my files turned into shorcuts or 1 kb files.
Norton 360 cleaned the virus which was called "Bloodhound.VBS.5" plus I rescaned the usb with malwarebytes so I am sure it is now clean.
However, the files are all 1 KB files and I noticed that I have them in duplicate, the first part of them are 1 KB files like starting with ~$ "~$test.pptx" not working if I enter them, and the second part of them are shortcuts of the other files having the same name but if I click them they work.
I searched on the internet and found a solution suggesting checking "show hidden files & folders" and un-checking "Hide extension for known file type" and "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" then searching for a hidden folder which should contain my files but the problem is I CAN'T find that folder that contains my files and I am sure they are there somewhere since I can open them all with their shortcuts.
I entered the properties of one of the shortcuts and in Target there was "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start 3.vbs&start Final" "final" "proposal.docx&exit"
Note that the vbs virus file was cleaned by my antivirus as I mentioned above.
Thanks for help.
Norton 360 cleaned the virus which was called "Bloodhound.VBS.5" plus I rescaned the usb with malwarebytes so I am sure it is now clean.
However, the files are all 1 KB files and I noticed that I have them in duplicate, the first part of them are 1 KB files like starting with ~$ "~$test.pptx" not working if I enter them, and the second part of them are shortcuts of the other files having the same name but if I click them they work.
I searched on the internet and found a solution suggesting checking "show hidden files & folders" and un-checking "Hide extension for known file type" and "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" then searching for a hidden folder which should contain my files but the problem is I CAN'T find that folder that contains my files and I am sure they are there somewhere since I can open them all with their shortcuts.
I entered the properties of one of the shortcuts and in Target there was "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c start 3.vbs&start Final" "final" "proposal.docx&exit"
Note that the vbs virus file was cleaned by my antivirus as I mentioned above.
Thanks for help.