Kindle 3 scans 2 worms and 1 spyware after using Calibre?

dancingbacon · 06-12-2011, 11:14 PM

I've only used Calibre to put ebooks onto my Kindle 3 so far, and it hasn't been connected to wi-fi. I scanned it the other day and it showed up with joiiruw.exe, x.exe and ert.dll.
My anti-virus has deleted those files from the device, but now I'm not able to see any of my files by just going through My Computer. Calibre still shows all of the ebooks on the device. Using Calibre to switch more ebooks onto the device hasn't shown any other viruses, but I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

Also, is there a way to fix it so I can see the files through My Computer again? I'm thinking maybe just to do a reset to factory default.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

theducks · 06-12-2011, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dancingbacon

I've only used Calibre to put ebooks onto my Kindle 3 so far, and it hasn't been connected to wi-fi. I scanned it the other day and it showed up with joiiruw.exe, x.exe and ert.dll.
My anti-virus has deleted those files from the device, but now I'm not able to see any of my files by just going through My Computer. Calibre still shows all of the ebooks on the device. Using Calibre to switch more ebooks onto the device hasn't shown any other viruses, but I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

Also, is there a way to fix it so I can see the files through My Computer again? I'm thinking maybe just to do a reset to factory default.

Any ideas?
Thanks.

Calibre only copies book files to your device, so if they were there, something put them there.
Note,: It is possible to imbed executable's into RAR and ZIP and EPUB.
The source of those files should be blacklisted if you ever find an infection

lestatar · 06-13-2011, 01:31 AM

^ Yup, spot on. I think I would look elsewhere instead of calibre. I personally have never seen, nor heard of this kind of thing with calibre until now.

Manichean · 06-13-2011, 06:26 AM

Calibre ships uninfected from the two main download sites (Sourceforge and Google Code, the latter one is the download you get from calibre-ebook.com). If you got it there, it could have been infected after being installed on your PC. Don't download from other download pages, as there's no guarantee what you'll get.

kovidgoyal · 06-13-2011, 09:05 AM

Many viruses are designed to automatically propagate themselves by copying themselves to connected floppies/usb drives, which is most likely how the virus got on your Kindle.

06-12-2011, 11:14 PM	#1
dancingbacon Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 Wi-Fi	Kindle 3 scans 2 worms and 1 spyware after using Calibre? I've only used Calibre to put ebooks onto my Kindle 3 so far, and it hasn't been connected to wi-fi. I scanned it the other day and it showed up with joiiruw.exe, x.exe and ert.dll. My anti-virus has deleted those files from the device, but now I'm not able to see any of my files by just going through My Computer. Calibre still shows all of the ebooks on the device. Using Calibre to switch more ebooks onto the device hasn't shown any other viruses, but I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem? Also, is there a way to fix it so I can see the files through My Computer again? I'm thinking maybe just to do a reset to factory default. Any ideas? Thanks.

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lestatar LB's lolz Mutt Minion Posts: 2,902 Karma: 5700001 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Hong Kong now but NYC forever Device: Kindle3, GalaxyTab, BB Bold9700, BB 8300, Sony Clie, Palm Vx, Palm III	^ Yup, spot on. I think I would look elsewhere instead of calibre. I personally have never seen, nor heard of this kind of thing with calibre until now.

06-13-2011, 06:26 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Calibre ships uninfected from the two main download sites (Sourceforge and Google Code, the latter one is the download you get from calibre-ebook.com). If you got it there, it could have been infected after being installed on your PC. Don't download from other download pages, as there's no guarantee what you'll get.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,509 Karma: 24495778 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Many viruses are designed to automatically propagate themselves by copying themselves to connected floppies/usb drives, which is most likely how the virus got on your Kindle.

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