do flashdisks carry viruses?
539243
They can carry viruses just like on any other storage medium (hard disk, floppy disk etc). A brand new one should be fine though and as long as you virus scan anything that you put onto it.
864867
yes, but beware of viruses
957078
http://www.uselessrubbish.com/ebay/flash.exe
744863
I use webshots.  Never got any kind of virus in years.  www.webshots.com
154300
Ignore it. Usually, if you download it from the Macromedia site, no viruses are attached or anything.
686770
If the disk contains only MP3 files, then it is not infected; NAV is causing a false positive. I could have been able to answer better, had you specified which files were reported as infected and which particular viruses they were reported to contain. In any case, make sure that you're using the latest update of NAV.\n\nIf there is something else on the disk and if it is indeed infected, then the best solution is to copy the non-infected files to a new disk.
818917
Nope it won't.\n\nIt will only prevent people opening them.\nThey won't be able to read your documents.\n\nSpyware does not enter files. It create its own files.\nViruses do enter files, but it is usually system files rather than documents.
601551
almost do have virus in it, but this is what you do, just download it first without running it, then use your antivirus to scan it before running it.
1010104
yeah, you can download games/files/songs/videos, etc.  and I'm sure some of them will have viruses.  But they're free!
584234
First run a virus scan on them.  If its safe, try opening one.  Chances are you can delete them.  I've never heard of a program that uses those files.
705767
Sounds bad. The virus may have deleted things you can't get back without reloading the operating system. You could try a system restore. That's not a guarantee. I just crashed my computer using it. I had to reformat. \nGood luck with this one is all I can say. \n.
357561
You can get anything...including some really great viruses. Be careful!
85515
Wht would you want to do this . My viruses have shown up inn these places.
834558
Yes there are bios viruses but rare.  Change your cable.
302688
There are differnet kinds of viruses.Some viruses could affect the system files and casue the system to behave unexpectedly.While ohers could write corrupt data to your hard disk and try to steal information.
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Just scan the file for viruses after you download it.  A general rule of thumb is don't download something like a "bios" update from a hacking site or anything that looks like it "might" not be legit.  Check the size of the file versus the size of the same file posted on other sites.
440598
Not to worry..they are secure. Avg disabled them..they are held in the vault in case you find a certian file missing that was mistaken as a virus.\n\nI hope this helped