Thread: Troubleshooting "Access denied" when connected to computer. Virus.
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Old 08-22-2010, 07:45 PM   #1
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"Access denied" when connected to computer. Virus.
What happened is that I somehow picked up a virus on my Kindle 2 that AVG detected. I moved it into the Virus Vault. It's a "Trojan Horse Generic 18.BSLT" - something about "motion open.exc." (I believe all this happened when I was demo-ing some software. I have promptly deleted it.)

My Kindle 2 works fine, in that I can read from it. However, when I plug it into my computer, I get the "access denied" message. I can still finagle my way into "Documents" by going to "Autoplay" and then clicking on "Open Folder to View Files." This is from Microsoft Explorer, by the way.

I did a reset with the power switch, to no avail.

I'm running 2.5.3 on an International Kindle 2.

I'm wondering what would happen if I installed 2.5.3 on top of 2.5.3?

Any other suggestions?



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