USB Advertising

[Tommy H.]

Hello.
Frequently I receive as a gift USB key (supplier), these keys are fitted with a self-executable software with a demo or web link.
How can we rid it of these programs? knowing that a formatting is ineffective.
Thank you very much.

[deoWo]

Formatting is ineffective? Are the keys are read-only? Sometimes there is a small button that toggles writing. Sometimes ... not.

[need Tos]

Have you tried unlocker?

[Wingit]

Disk Manager => right click on your key (plugged) and "format"

[Tommy H.]

I forgot a small detail, I'm on Mac (OS X 10.5).
When the key is connected, I have two icons that appear.
An icon corresponding to a storage space (normal)
The other icon ... a disc .. (in XP this is a self exe).

With disk utility is considered as two distinct entities ..

[opaper]

For having tried on dozens of PCA manips on a number of different keys to turn this one ad, in most cases, the blockage is in the firmware embedded in the key, so there is little by trying to reprogram it and it