How to delete a USB stick virus under Linux

When using a USB flash drive under Linux, every time you see a file such as auto, suspect is a virus.

But the input ls-l command found that the attributes are all not?

The result is that it can't be erased.

After a multi-query to know the reason is that Linux can not process the "." End of the file. So in this place cannot be deleted.

But there are some ways to solve it.

Here's how:

If you are the system automatically mount USB drive, please first umount

Then, enter the following:

sudo mount-t msdos/dev/sd*/media/disk

The difference here and the default is

The-t parameter changes from VFAT to MSDOS. Because VFAT is for FAT32. MSDOS is for FAT16.

When you open the USB flash drive again, you will find. The name has become Autorn. Because the FAT16 file name can only display 6 bits. If there is more to be used, omit.

However, this will remove the virus.