 TheJokerPremium,VIP,MVM
join:2001-04-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:5 | reply to WNEC
Re: Infected flash drive question As soon as you inserted the flash drive into the other computer to delete the files, if autorun was enabled you may have infected it (if their antivirus didn't detect it). I would read this on flash drive safety:
»www.spywareinfoforum.com/index.p···c=125953
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| said by TheJoker:As soon as you inserted the flash drive into the other computer to delete the files, if autorun was enabled you may have infected it (if their antivirus didn't detect it). I would read this on flash drive safety: » www.spywareinfoforum.com/index.p···c=125953 On some of my systems, I notice that when I connect a flash drive, Windows XP prompts me for an action to perform. For example, 'use Windows Explorer to open the folder', or 'perform no action.' There is also an option to launch the autorun.inf file.
If one does not use this window to launch the autorun.inf, is that not as safe as having autorun disabled altogether?
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 HA NutPremium
join:2004-05-13
USA | No, apparently it's possible to infect XP without direct user interaction.
The Panda tool mentioned helps because it gives a couple options. First, a flash drive can be "immunized" (by creating a protected autorun.inf file on the flash drive) from auto running anything and second, Panda's tool gives the option to a user to help protect their PCs from never-before-seen USB flash drives ("non-immunized") by blocking the autorun from ever running (even via an indirect method.) |
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