dvd drive and virus

jianc · 07-27-2009, 01:54 PM

Hi,
i recently got a trojan and cleaned it out. everything appears normal; but my combo dvd burner, will not see a dvd, cd, or blank cd when it is placed in the drive; (it will see a blank dvd though. but i only tried the one time).
i am afraid to uninstall the drive as i do not know how to reinstall it.
i have tried reflashing it with firmware, but that has not fixed it.
clicking on "my computer" shows that the "dvd drive" icon is there.

My question is. can a virus/trojan even affect a dvd drive this way, or is this more of a coincidence? , ( ie., a matter of chance/timing?)
my apologies to this forum community, if this is a "stupid" question, but i do not where to start.
Gracias,
Jianc

Baejung92 · 07-27-2009, 05:25 PM

I'm not completely sure on this, but I know that the ComboFix program (and perhaps other tools) that people use in the cleaning process disables Windows' autorun feature. This could have something to do with your issue. So any disc you insert is not recognized when you go to My Computer?

jianc · 07-30-2009, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baejung92

I'm not completely sure on this, but I know that the ComboFix program (and perhaps other tools) that people use in the cleaning process disables Windows' autorun feature. This could have something to do with your issue. So any disc you insert is not recognized when you go to My Computer?

Hi Baejung92,
Thank you for the info! My dvd-drive seems beyond recovery. I will be looking to buy an external optical drive with a usb connection.
(Again I put in a blanc dvd disc. It is recognized by computer. The other discs are not recognized. ie., cds or dvd with data.) (It is funny. I restored the registry, but that action did not restore the "autorun" feature setting.)

However, I am grateful for your insight into "autorun". I checked the settings for cd, cd audio and dvd. I believe the virus caused the state to be in "Limbo".
That is, Windows was not set to "prompt" on disc insertion, nor was it set to "automatically open" on disc insertion. I have learned something!

Thank you.

Jianc

07-27-2009, 01:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
jianc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	dvd drive and virus Hi, i recently got a trojan and cleaned it out. everything appears normal; but my combo dvd burner, will not see a dvd, cd, or blank cd when it is placed in the drive; (it will see a blank dvd though. but i only tried the one time). i am afraid to uninstall the drive as i do not know how to reinstall it. i have tried reflashing it with firmware, but that has not fixed it. clicking on "my computer" shows that the "dvd drive" icon is there. My question is. can a virus/trojan even affect a dvd drive this way, or is this more of a coincidence? , ( ie., a matter of chance/timing?) my apologies to this forum community, if this is a "stupid" question, but i do not where to start. Gracias, Jianc

07-27-2009, 05:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Baejung92 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 174 OS: Windows XP SP3	Re: dvd drive and virus I'm not completely sure on this, but I know that the ComboFix program (and perhaps other tools) that people use in the cleaning process disables Windows' autorun feature. This could have something to do with your issue. So any disc you insert is not recognized when you go to My Computer?