College Riddled with Computer Viruses?

Scram · 10-11-2010 03:50PM #1

Just came home from college plugged in my USB Stick and bam more viruses the "Auto run" type ones. Thats second time in two daysso be wary when using a mem stick on your home PC and make sure youve got up to date antivirus.

whatever Anti-Virus there using its not doing the job, i think its MacAFee. I got them both from the carrolls building PC's.

Seems it the same virus too;

10/11/2010 10:35:34 Real-time file system protection file L:\pUOiw.ExE Win32/AutoRun.VB.GJ worm cleaned by deleting - quarantined NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM

virus Name:
Win32/AutoRun.VB.GJ worm

Had the same one yesterday. It will be Hidden on you USB Drive as well and will try to autorun when you plug it in.

EDIT:
it seems to create shortcuts on the root folder of your USB stick too so if you see strange short-cuts appearing DO NOT double click them, delete them ASAP.

KeithM89_old · 10-11-2010 06:25PM

You should report it to IT - last year i had a project on a memory stick, think it got infected in college and the antivirus wiped it

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Hank_Jones · 10-11-2010 07:10PM

There's a sex joke in this thread somewhere....

Scram · 10-11-2010 07:33PM

Hank_Jones wrote: »

There's a sex joke in this thread somewhere....

rofl

flyswatter · 10-11-2010 08:51PM

Got the same type of autorun virus on my USB key too. Luckily it was detected when I plugged it in at home.

Also got new folders created on my key which I've been told are viruses aswell. I certainly didn't create them anyway.

Hank_Jones · 11-11-2010 10:17AM

Awww you edited the thread title.

Booooerrrrnnnsss.

Scram · 11-11-2010 07:36PM

One of the lecturers today said that theres a virus or worm thats hogging up the network in the college which explains the terrably slow speeds and outage today .

smemon · 11-11-2010 09:13PM

Welcome to february 2009

"possible usb 'autoplay' virus on computers in comp dept? will investigate further but definitely something up."

http://twitter.com/dkitdown/status/1205856665

That's when i first reported / noticed it although it had been around for a long time before that (i just couldn't narrow down the problem).

Atomic Pineapple · 11-11-2010 09:38PM

In 4 years there with loads of different usb keys/hard drives I've never seen it, dont be sticking them into the skanky looking pc's!

EWJim · 12-11-2010 10:01AM

I see There is Microsoft Security Essentails On the Business Computers Labs, So you can Scan You Flash Drive Before you Leave the collage.

Its the Green/ Or Orange House Icon beside the time.

I have this on my laptop at home and it picks up Alll the virus so far

IvyIvy · 12-12-2010 11:19PM

Just proves as usual this college is full of IT skanks!

College Riddled with Computer Viruses?

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