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I plugged my USB stick in an infected PC(did not know that at first) and then back to my PC. When I plugged it in my PC, Windows-Defender poped up and showed a serious warning:

Worm:Win32/Gamarue.gen!Ink

Completed action: quarantine

Now when I click at the USB device it is shown empty, although if I do rightclick and options I see that it is still 150 MB occupied, so I guess there are still the files on the USB stick. I plugged the USB device back into the infected PC and there the files were visible.

I am now in the situation that I only have the USB stick left and no access anymore to the infected PC. Is there any chance that I can recover the "hidden" files on the USB stick withouth infecting my PC?

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  • Boot to a live Linux environment access the files there
    – Ramhound
    Commented Nov 5, 2016 at 19:35
  • @Ramhound thanks I have a live Linux cd now. How do I proceed then to remove the worm from the files?
    – Adam
    Commented Nov 5, 2016 at 21:58
  • It might not be possible to remove the infection off the drive without formatting the drive itself. The current infection is was identified as a generic worm infection, and when Windows Defender quarantined the drive, you might have removed the ability to retrieve your files.
    – Ramhound
    Commented Nov 5, 2016 at 22:02

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