How to cure a USB flash drive?

In those cases, when a flash drive (flash drive)stops being opened or displayed in the explorer as a write-protected disk, it must be cleaned from viruses or formatted (if a hardware failure occurs). If you have an antivirus installed, then it could block access to the flash drive to protect against malicious software on it. To maximally secure your computer, be sure to disable autoloading removable media in the OS.

How to cure a USB flash drive from viruses?

The easiest way to clean a USB flash drive is toformatting. In this case, all the data stored on it will be erased. To do this, right-click the flash drive icon in the explorer and select "Format", then click Format.

The second option is to remove the virus manually:

1. First, go to the control panel and select "Folder Options";
2. After that, open the "View" tab;
3. In the "Advanced Settings" section, find the item that is responsible for displaying hidden files and folders, select "Show hidden ..." in it;
4. Also in this list, uncheck the box "Hide protected by the system files" and "Hide extensions for registered ...";
5. After that, open the "Explorer" and click on the flash drive icon, which is displayed in the navigation menu on the left side of the window (do not open the flash drive by double-clicking on the icon in the main part of the window!);
6. Now you will see all the files that are on this drive;
7. Delete the file, which is called "filename.inf" and is located in the root of the flash drive.
8. Also delete all objects that are labeled as "Label" to restore the USB flash drive and make it work again.

So you can remove from the USB flash drive in just a few minutes, without using special software.