USB key immune?

[SHENDERS20622]

😕Thoughts..............
I you are running firefox off a usb key and unknowlingly download a virus can it infect the machine you're using.Can it hop into your machine or is it isolated to the usb key you're running Firefox on?

 

[ValuedCustomer]

omg.. the short answer: "yes"

 

[Heligrin]

Thats what a virus does, it infects your computer, not a keyboard..lol

 

[pikachu656]

It would affect both the computers drive and also the usb drive

 

[Mavrick007]

Basically whatever drives are connected.. ie. the USB key and the internal hard drive of the machine could get infected.

 

[SHENDERS20622]

No way to isolate the usb key from the hdd?

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: SHENDERS20622
No way to isolate the usb key from the hdd?

Only if you have a way to make it read-only at a hardware level.

If you assume the client machine is infected with a virus that spreads like this, it would likely attempt to infect any executable files on the USB key as well when it is inserted.

 

[corkyg]

Agree with Matthias - also - if you have a good , active AV program, it should trigger the alarm as soon as you connect your key drive.

 

[ShellGuy]

Why are you running firefox off of the USB key... If the key held all the OS and firefox you might be safe but i doubt u are so no. You can infect the system.


WillG>

 

[Looney]

You can try one of these.