Some Common Causes of USB/Flash Drive Data Loss
There are several common causes of data loss in USB/flash drives and even hard drives. At times it’s frustrating when you lose your precious data like photos, documents, music, and other digital files. Digital storage media like USB/flash drives are much more sensitive than hard disks. They are easily affected by weather conditions, spikes or surges, etc.
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Another USB/Flash Drive Virus: Win32/Autorun.Del.AQ Worm
The Win32/Autorun.Del.AQ Worm is another USB/flash drive virus that affects the autorun.inf file in your usb/flashdrives. If Win32/Autorun.Del.AQ Worm infects your USB/flash drive, the autorun function of your drive will be damaged and in some cases, formatting the USB/flash drive will not return the drive to its normal state. Read more
How to Remove a USB/Flash Drive Virus Like Win32/AutoRun.UG Worm
My USB drives and Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash Memory have been infected by viruses before. One of which is the active Win32/AutoRun.UG Worm. I said active because the Win32/AutoRun.UG Worm is a common virus infecting USB drives and flash memory cards. This happened when my wife ordered prints of photos saved onto those devices. It happened several times and at one time, my USB drive was even corrupted (can no longer use auto-run in Windows).
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