infected files ??????

brushstrokes · Post by **brushstrokes** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:33 am

Morning all.

A while ago i asked how i could get files off my old hard drive which is infected with virus;s. and with good advice from this forum I managed to transfere my pictures files onto a usb memory stick.... Problem I have now is... I want to download these files onto my new hard drive but am worried these files my be infected, HOW CAN I CHECK as i dont want to put the virus on new hard drive....... Thank everyone for your time and responces... kenny......

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:11 am

you can just do a virus check of your usb stick
tell your virus prog to check that only

out of interest what virus prog are you running

brushstrokes · Post by **brushstrokes** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:21 am

hi foggy. how are u mate ?? its a trojan virus caused by opening a dodgy e-mail. I do what you advised with memory stick... cheers mate...

brushstrokes · Post by **brushstrokes** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:22 am

oh. i run VGA ....

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:40 am

brushstrokes wrote:oh. i run VGA ....

i take it you mean AVG

not sure whether AVG has the ability to scan a usb drive ,dont run it myself but i know you can scan specified folders so guess you can do it from there ?

oh and chances are the pictures wont be infected anyway ,it will be some other files on there ,autorun.ini is a favourite

just had a thought... if you go to each file you can right click on it and it will say something like "scan with AVG"

brushstrokes · Post by **brushstrokes** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:35 am

thanks foggy

brushstrokes · Post by **brushstrokes** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:02 am

downloaded the files foggy. scaned and all ok.. thanks for your help. didn't think i would see these pics again and they are pics of my 9 yr old daughter taken over the last 3 yrs when i see her every 2 weeks.. so im well happy i have them back .. thanks

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 11:50 am

glad your sorted

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:05 pm

May I suggest you get the photo's onto a DVD as a back up asap.

Foggy · Post by **Foggy** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:07 pm

yep sound advice there

DIY_Johnny · Post by **DIY_Johnny** » Sun Nov 30, 2008 12:36 pm

You can get external; hard drives very cheap now, all are plug and play so just connect it to your USB port as you would a flash drive (USB stick) and your PC will reconize it instantly.

500GB Western Digital is about £55 on amazon. I find this good for backing up my picturers docs etc

AVG can virus check that also