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USB Flash Memory Stick Viruses

Discussion in 'Security and Privacy' started by visionof, 2007/04/20.

  1. 2007/04/20
    visionof

    visionof Inactive Thread Starter

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    A USB sick stopped working all the sudden.
    It is there but cannot be read.
    I have been told that viruses attacking usb flash memory sticks are a plague.
    I cannot seem to find any references to this in the literature.
    Anyone have any info or anedecotal experiences.
    Sure would be deadly for a business who thought that there backup data is ultimately safe.
     
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  2. 2007/04/20
    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff

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    Never heard of it... although that doesn't mean it could be possible :)

    USB sticks are unsuitable for backup purposes: they are known to have high failure rates (particularly the cheaper ones)
     
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  4. 2007/04/20
    visionof

    visionof Inactive Thread Starter

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    flash drive quality

    I would of assumed that flash memory is a fairly generic item and that most flash drives would be fairly similar excepting really flimsy cases ??
     
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