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January 10th, 2017, 08:09 PM
#1
Virus may be on external drive
I might have a virus on an external drive so I'm reluctant to plug it in. What's the odds of transferring something evil to the C:\ drive?
Or, a better question, how should I deal with this situation?
Thanks - rev
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January 10th, 2017, 09:36 PM
#2
Install Panda USB Vaccine, or BitDefender’s USB Immunizer on GOOD computer to protect it from any infected USB device.
Then scan the drive with your AV program.
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January 11th, 2017, 01:36 PM
#3
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January 11th, 2017, 09:41 PM
#4
You're very welcome
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January 11th, 2017, 10:57 PM
#5
Broni:
I also threw in:
* Semana
* Security Task Manager, and
* rkill.
Semana and rkill both found additional serious threats and Security Task Manager allows you to investigate suspicious stuff by looking at the results of many many different anti-virus scans. For example, utorrent had a very high risk rating (90 out of 100) but is deemed harmless by a long list of anti-virus programs.
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January 11th, 2017, 11:49 PM
#6
When in doubt and you have conflicting verdicts from different anti-malware programs, assume all are accurate and debug accordingly. If you have a spare machine, plug it into that and see what happens before you plug the suspect HDD into your vital machine.
Cześć Broni, sto lat!
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January 12th, 2017, 09:13 PM
#7
Thank you
Same to you
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