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How to harden my system against usb spreading Malware?
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<blockquote data-quote="shmu26" data-source="post: 859621" data-attributes="member: 37647"><p>The best protection is not to allow a suspicious USB to be inserted into your computer. Do you have friends or children bringing home USB devices that have visited other computers? If not, you don't have to worry about anything.</p><p></p><p>If you can't keep promiscuous USB devices away from your computer, then the next line of defense is using your brain. For instance, if you see that a flash drive has shortcuts instead of folders and files, DON'T CLICK ON THE SHORTCUTS. They are booby-trapped. And check the extensions of files before you open them. If it is supposed to be a video or a Word doc, make sure the extension is familiar. If you see a strange or unexpected file extension, google it before you click. Maybe it's a new kind of video format. But maybe it's a script file that wants to bite you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shmu26, post: 859621, member: 37647"] The best protection is not to allow a suspicious USB to be inserted into your computer. Do you have friends or children bringing home USB devices that have visited other computers? If not, you don't have to worry about anything. If you can't keep promiscuous USB devices away from your computer, then the next line of defense is using your brain. For instance, if you see that a flash drive has shortcuts instead of folders and files, DON'T CLICK ON THE SHORTCUTS. They are booby-trapped. And check the extensions of files before you open them. If it is supposed to be a video or a Word doc, make sure the extension is familiar. If you see a strange or unexpected file extension, google it before you click. Maybe it's a new kind of video format. But maybe it's a script file that wants to bite you. [/QUOTE]
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