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This is probably not the right community but I haven't found a better one.

So I watched a video from Seytonic where he mentiond that some malware creates a windows link with the name of the usb on a usb. So I checked my usb because I remembered that I had to click 2 times on my usb to opened it. I found a link that contained cmd.exe and a name of a file next to it. Upload to the virustotal showed Raspberry Roblin worm.

I use Linux but my familly uses windows so I will have to go through all familly computers and remove the worm. Where can I find info how to remove this specific worm - Raspberry Roblin? On google I found a description about how the worm works but not specific files it creates and how to remove it.

The first page that shows up is microsoft.com and it says that windows defender detects the worm, but clearly it doesnt.

Edit: The worm was on one computer and it did not have windows defender installed. Seems like malware removed it and also disabled automatic updates. I installed MalwareBytes and sucessfully removed the worm :)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (27 children)

And here I was under the impression that using USB storage for anything else than installing operating systems was a thing of the past.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (17 children)

Out of curiosity, what do you use to transfer files between computers?

[–] realbadat 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

SCP or a share on a NAS, personally.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Not everyone can afford a NAS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You dont need a Nas to transfer files over your local network

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But where do you store them? My computer isn't big enough for videos. Thats where cheap USB drives come-in

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Not as cheap as USB drives

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can pick up old PCs for free-$50 that'll suffice for a nas.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe you can, but most people don't have the money or the time. Check your privilege.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Lol you're cracked

[–] realbadat 1 points 6 months ago

What does that have to do with the question I replied to?

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