HELP: Strange ".Trashes" folder on my USB Flash drive !

[boddaxp]

I went to a shop few days ago and i gave my USB flash drive "Cruzer Blade 16GB" to the person working there to print some images from it, unfortunately it appears that he had a MAC OS or he got that damn folder from someone who uses it.

I didn't know until i've used it yesterday and what i found was everything transformed to shortcuts and there was a hidden folder (read-only) named (.trashes) where the source of the shortcuts was i tried to move the sources but somehow it have been only copied and i couldn't delete that folder even when i do uncheck for hidden and read-only it comeback JUST LIKE A GOD MODE IN A GAME.

THE MORE PROBLEM is that all other usb drives "like memory reader" got the same thing just like a virus and when i try to delete that folder and unplug the usb drive i get tons of error pop-ups from something like "Microsoft script error" i don't remember the name, i have a screenshot anyway on the infected pc.

I tried: 1. Formatting the flash (from FAT32 to NTFS) , 2. Chkdsk /f

I read about it and i knew it's a damn stupid thing comes from Mac OS X (I always hated it >.<)

WHAT SHOULD I DO PLEASE i don't have any Mac system, i have ubuntu but not installed, can it help ?! it's a popular problem but solutions aren't 🙁

 

[Nuckles_56]

The .trashes folder is normal, it is just a hidden file which you shouldn't be seeing normally, if you don't want to see it, just turn off the option to see hidden folders in file explorer

 

[boddaxp]

The .trashes folder is normal, it is just a hidden file which you shouldn't be seeing normally, if you don't want to see it, just turn off the option to see hidden folders in file explorer

But my files and folders changes to shortcuts, i don't want such a folder to be existed on my pc -.- i'm using win 7.. why does it appear and reach every usb drive i use since then too ? and what about the tons of pop ups ?! :S

 

[boddaxp]

any help ?!

 

[hang-the-9]

You did a format on the drive and it's still not working?

Try using gparted and wipe the partition then fomat it again.

The system should not be doing anything with existing drives, you may have gotten a virus. Do a virus scan with a few programs. I like Malwarebytes and also using an off-line scanner from a boot CD, Avira Antivir has one, so do other security vendors like AVG that you can get for free.

 

[Raka Ramadhan]

I went to a shop few days ago and i gave my USB flash drive "Cruzer Blade 16GB" to the person working there to print some images from it, unfortunately it appears that he had a MAC OS or he got that damn folder from someone who uses it.

I didn't know until i've used it yesterday and what i found was everything transformed to shortcuts and there was a hidden folder (read-only) named (.trashes) where the source of the shortcuts was i tried to move the sources but somehow it have been only copied and i couldn't delete that folder even when i do uncheck for hidden and read-only it comeback JUST LIKE A GOD MODE IN A GAME.

THE MORE PROBLEM is that all other usb drives "like memory reader" got the same thing just like a virus and when i try to delete that folder and unplug the usb drive i get tons of error pop-ups from something like "Microsoft script error" i don't remember the name, i have a screenshot anyway on the infected pc.

I tried: 1. Formatting the flash (from FAT32 to NTFS) , 2. Chkdsk /f

I read about it and i knew it's a damn stupid thing comes from Mac OS X (I always hated it >.<)

WHAT SHOULD I DO PLEASE i don't have any Mac system, i have ubuntu but not installed, can it help ?! it's a popular problem but solutions aren't 🙁

It's virus , you need a good antivirus to remove it.
if you want unhidden the file , follow this simple step:

1. Open your Command Prompt
2. WRITE THIS -> attrib -r -s -h /s /d f:\*.* ( Change f to your usb drive path )
3. Enter