Hi!
I recently put my USB memory stick (1GB) into a computer in my university (which has an updated McAfee virus scanner) and it detected a virus called antihost.exe on it and deleted it. Before this happened whenever I'd put my USB stick into any other computer (most of which didn't have an updated virus scanner), I wouldn't be able to 'safely remove' it (as if something is using the USB stick). Anyways, after the virus was deleted, I can't access my USB stick from "My computer" from any computer because everytime I try double clicking on the stick's icon, windows gives me an error message saying something like: "Windows cannot find antihost.exe....etc..." (that's not the exact message, but somthing like that...). I'm assuming that the virus did something so that antihost.exe is supposed to run automatically when I try to access my USB stick. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem. I mean, what can I do so that I can access my USB stick without it automatically trying to run antihost.exe (which doesn't exist now because it was deleted)?
Also, if anyone is familiar with this specific virus, could you give me any tips on what it does and how I can remove it from my computer if it actually got transfered from my USB stick to my laptop (it probably did).
I would appreciate any info.
Thanks!
I recently put my USB memory stick (1GB) into a computer in my university (which has an updated McAfee virus scanner) and it detected a virus called antihost.exe on it and deleted it. Before this happened whenever I'd put my USB stick into any other computer (most of which didn't have an updated virus scanner), I wouldn't be able to 'safely remove' it (as if something is using the USB stick). Anyways, after the virus was deleted, I can't access my USB stick from "My computer" from any computer because everytime I try double clicking on the stick's icon, windows gives me an error message saying something like: "Windows cannot find antihost.exe....etc..." (that's not the exact message, but somthing like that...). I'm assuming that the virus did something so that antihost.exe is supposed to run automatically when I try to access my USB stick. Does anyone know how I can fix this problem. I mean, what can I do so that I can access my USB stick without it automatically trying to run antihost.exe (which doesn't exist now because it was deleted)?
Also, if anyone is familiar with this specific virus, could you give me any tips on what it does and how I can remove it from my computer if it actually got transfered from my USB stick to my laptop (it probably did).
I would appreciate any info.
Thanks!