[levicomte]

hi evrybody,
this is my first post here...
ive been a fan of this website 4 a while now, it helped me quite a few times already...

still a few nites ago, i had a usb related problem and id like to ask what u guys think:
i plugged in my 2gb pen and altho it was recognized by the pc as usual, it didnt pop up in "my computer"
so i tried putting another pen i had and then a third one....all the 3 seemed to have the same problem.
so i tried pluggin in my external hard disk and that worked perfectly...
the whole thing started looking like the annoying effect of a virus or something so i ran "combofix"...it did its thing and when it was done i plugged my pen drives in and they worked just fine.
so now what i would like to know is: does anybody here think its possible that when i did plug my pens in, before running "combofix" some kind of virus or whatever, could have stolen the stuff i had on them and sent it to a third party? do you guys know of anything that might work that way? or is it just me being paranoid?

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Hi levicomte and welcome to Geeks to go.

I suspect that the USB issue and running combofix were just coincidental.
Combofix does not remove what it finds9At least I did not find any info stating so). Our malware experts would know for sure. It generates a report that you can attach to a post so that malware experts can look at it and then give you ways of removing suspected malware. In fact when you read A guide and tutorial on using combofix you will be told to only use it when asked by the experts you are working with.

123runner

EDIT for more info. Evidently it targets and removes specific ones only as per This info. I would sugest going to our malware forum (link in signature) and posting there to have them check you out.

Edited by 123Runner, 25 June 2009 - 05:22 AM.

[123Runner]

Hi levicomte and welcome to Geeks to go.

I suspect that the USB issue and running combofix were just coincidental.
Combofix does not remove what it finds9At least I did not find any info stating so). Our malware experts would know for sure. It generates a report that you can attach to a post so that malware experts can look at it and then give you ways of removing suspected malware. In fact when you read A guide and tutorial on using combofix you will be told to only use it when asked by the experts you are working with.

123runner

EDIT for more info. Evidently it targets and removes specific ones only as per This info. I would sugest going to our malware forum (link in signature) and posting there to have them check you out.

Edited by 123Runner, 25 June 2009 - 05:22 AM.

[levicomte]

hi 123runner! thanks 4 your reply...
ok, i wasnt very aware of the uses of combofix when i ran it the first time, but when it generated the log, i could find a section called "deleted potential harmful files" or something like that...
anyway, id b very glad if i could check with the malware experts u mentioned, but i couldn't find the link (in signature) u were referring to... : (

could u tell me where to find it, please....thanks...


thank you again....

[123Runner]

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