[X-Unix] Unremovable folder and the USB key

[Eric F Crist]

From a terminal:

# sudo rm -rf /Volumes/<device>/folder

HTH

On May 13, 2010, at 14:32:49, Matevž Markovič wrote:

> Hy!
> 
> Yesterday I got home from the school and I had my USB stick, which I
> sometimes use to move data around in school, plugged into my Mac.
> After an hour I noticed an odd folder with a strange name, and I knew
> instantly, that a virus was in it (*.exe file, autorun.ini,strange
> name of the folder).
> 
> I chflagged all the files in order to remove them, but even now, when
> the folder is empty and without any flags, it cannot be deleted. I
> just get permission denided error. I took ownership of the folder, but
> still nothing.
> 
> Finally, I checked the USB key with the Disk Utility, and I got >100
> errors, all about false sectors and stuff... But it repaired them all.
> 
> What irritates me, is that the key works just fine in both Windows
> (XP) and OS X Leopard.
> It just is kind of slow, but as matter of fact, all my USB keys are
> slow. I use eject safely option in windows, handle the key with great
> care, but still it gets slow and unreliable.
> 
> Do you see any connection between the unremovable folder and errors in
> Disk Utility? What should I do, appart from formating the key? The
> occurrence of unremovable folder happened to me once and I solved it
> using rm -d in the Single user mode. But now this procedure seems not
> to work anymore.
> 
> Greetings
>                        Matevž Markovič
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Eric Crist