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Making sure that USB stick is safe
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<blockquote data-quote="struppigel" data-source="post: 888538" data-attributes="member: 86910"><p>The most common infections on USB flash drives are either LNK worms or actual viruses (in the sense of file infectors) attached to files on the drive. Both of those infection types are removed via reformatting the drive which you already did. I think your USB flash drive has right now a higher risk to become infected by another computer than to infect any of your systems. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="struppigel, post: 888538, member: 86910"] The most common infections on USB flash drives are either LNK worms or actual viruses (in the sense of file infectors) attached to files on the drive. Both of those infection types are removed via reformatting the drive which you already did. I think your USB flash drive has right now a higher risk to become infected by another computer than to infect any of your systems. :) [/QUOTE]
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