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Oct 6^th, 2008, 4:30pm

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tess
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USB VIRUS
« on: Mar 30^th, 2007, 10:03pm »

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hI..
I would be interested to have any information that you may have on the virus's / infections that attack usb ports and usb external drives/cameras/etc etc
Does anyone know which way they get into the computer..and the type of virus that they are....
Does anyone also know the best protection..
And has Trojan Hunter any future plans ref these infections
Thank you in advance!!
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Re: USB VIRUS
« Reply #1 on: Mar 30^th, 2007, 11:46pm »

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Here's an interesting brief on this subject:

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci852429,00.htm l

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The issue is not that USB storage devices are really anything new. They either use a form of flash memory or a small hard drive to store data. The issue is that removable media drives may not be included by default in the drive selections of antivirus scanning tools. Furthermore, it is harder to manage the movements and usages of portable USB storage devices, especially those that are small enough to fit inside a pocket or the palm of your hand. Just as with floppies or CD-R/CD-RWs brought in from external sources, USB storage devices can be host to viruses, Trojans, hacker toolkits, worms, logic bombs or other forms of malicious code with or without the knowledge of the user.

There are some recommendations for handling USB devices in the article as well. I always have my security programs set to scan the flash drives during their scheduled scans. I also have my AV scan all removeable disks when they are initially connected/reconnected to the system.

Here's a tool as well. I have not tried this, but it sounds like it has distinct possibilities.

http://didierstevens.wordpress.com/programs/usbvirusscan/

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Re: USB VIRUS
« Reply #2 on: May 28^th, 2007, 6:22am »

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on Mar 30^th, 2007, 10:03pm, tess wrote:

Hi ,
Hi, I've recently run into some serious trouble with my PC and Usb . It seems I am constantly running at 100% and it's starting to really slow me down. I have Ad-Aware and Norton anti-virus protection and run them regularly, but recently slow load times had been incredibly frustrating. I bought a Regisrty Booster and a Speed Up My PC program and while those programs had worked intially, it seems they've lost their effectiveness. I tried to do some research on vital and non vital processes, but nothing running on my computer seemed out of place.....there is a company called InfoLockTech they offering services like Usb Security , Threats Mangement etc. helped me and resolve my issue ... i found them good ... if u still have issue then contact them ...
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