inform.exe

kuld33p · 03-29-2007, 08:11 AM

Sorry guys, I searched and then posted it. coz i never got the answer. may be people didn't ask it correctly. so here i go.

i don't know whether you had this problem or not. But i am really off with this, actually i have a TOSHIBA 160 GB SATA USB hard drive . I have 4 drives. and since i have installed Vista(i didn't notice in XP) there are some files automaticallly created in all the USB drives. and as soon as i double click the drive it opens up in another window not in the same window. I have seen people taking about that its a virus. but i havn't come across anything wrong. i have tried so many things.

1.I have formatted the Drives and deleted the files and folders, I don't know how many times..
2.ran a virus scan for the whole Hard drive. (symantec Corporate)
3.ran spyware scan as well.. tried everything.. (built In Defender)
the files and folders are as follows:

folder $lcldata$
folder msrm
folder NT.Config
file AAUTORUN.INF
file inform.exe
file idupver.txt

and all these are system files.
attached is the screenshot of one of the drives.
i have also opened the autorun.inf file at top.

kuld33p · 03-30-2007, 12:10 PM

is this a tech support forum ??

cconner6156 · 03-30-2007, 03:02 PM

Read this
http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...ash-drive.html

kuld33p · 04-02-2007, 12:30 AM

not of any use dude !

dai · 04-02-2007, 01:12 PM

is this what you are refering to
http://software.techrepublic.com.com...s&docid=205686
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/...2200ReadMe.htm

03-29-2007, 08:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
kuld33p Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	inform.exe Sorry guys, I searched and then posted it. coz i never got the answer. may be people didn't ask it correctly. so here i go. i don't know whether you had this problem or not. But i am really off with this, actually i have a TOSHIBA 160 GB SATA USB hard drive . I have 4 drives. and since i have installed Vista(i didn't notice in XP) there are some files automaticallly created in all the USB drives. and as soon as i double click the drive it opens up in another window not in the same window. I have seen people taking about that its a virus. but i havn't come across anything wrong. i have tried so many things. 1.I have formatted the Drives and deleted the files and folders, I don't know how many times.. 2.ran a virus scan for the whole Hard drive. (symantec Corporate) 3.ran spyware scan as well.. tried everything.. (built In Defender) the files and folders are as follows: folder $lcldata$ folder msrm folder NT.Config file AAUTORUN.INF file inform.exe file idupver.txt and all these are system files. attached is the screenshot of one of the drives. i have also opened the autorun.inf file at top. Last edited by dai; 04-02-2007 at 01:04 PM. Reason: asterics are considered the same as the actual letters

03-30-2007, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
kuld33p Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	Re: inform.exe is this a tech support forum ??

03-30-2007, 03:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
cconner6156 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 318 OS: Winxp	Re: inform.exe Read this http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...ash-drive.html

04-02-2007, 12:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
kuld33p Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11 OS: Windows XP	Re: inform.exe not of any use dude !

04-02-2007, 01:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 57,932 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: inform.exe is this what you are refering to http://software.techrepublic.com.com...s&docid=205686 http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/...2200ReadMe.htm __________________