Virus Has Turned Removable Media ( Micro SD ) To Read-Only

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Hello Everyone ,

As i have explained in the thread title , i attached my MicroSD card in a fellow's lappy and alongwith the data transfer , came an unknown hidden system file by the name of virusscan.vbs ! i chkd it with kaspersky online file scanner and it detected it as a virus !
So i booted my PC thru uBuntu Linux Live Disc and was quite happy that i'll remove the virus at once , but wait , even uBuntu ( and even windows ) gave the error on deletion that data is on a read-only drive ! so now , i m unable to delete the virus file !

Any suggestion what to do further ?

Thanks in anticipation.

Regards,
BBThumbHealer !

Able to format it or even that not possible? Unlocker not working either?

^ None of that's happening !

Same problem here!!!!!

I have the same problem with my card. Because of virus I was unable to write, format or to remove that virus. Allthough I can't format in window so I format that card in my cellphone, so because of that i am able to remove the virus. I check it with AVG antivirus all the virues are gone but the read only problem is still there. I still can't write or format my miro sd in window. It's work fine in my cellphone.

BBThumbHealer said:
Hello Everyone ,

As i have explained in the thread title , i attached my MicroSD card in a fellow's lappy and alongwith the data transfer , came an unknown hidden system file by the name of virusscan.vbs ! i chkd it with kaspersky online file scanner and it detected it as a virus !
So i booted my PC thru uBuntu Linux Live Disc and was quite happy that i'll remove the virus at once , but wait , even uBuntu ( and even windows ) gave the error on deletion that data is on a read-only drive ! so now , i m unable to delete the virus file !

Any suggestion what to do further ?

Thanks in anticipation.

Regards,
BBThumbHealer !

First Could you give more information?
Which Ubuntu Version is the Live CD of?
Has the Pen Drive Mounted wih Write Permissions?

Did you format with GParted?

You alternatively try a Knoppix Live CD too?

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies]
"WriteProtect"=dword:00000000

do contact me if have any more issue with viruses