Linux Is A Wonderful Thing

[PastEgo]

i put some pictures on a usb stick to print out at the printers

i just had a look at the usb today and it has a virus on it

here is the autorun.inf

[AutoRun]

open=xh319r9b.bat

shell\open\Command=xh319r9b.bat

the batch file is a hidden executable of 103.4KB

yes i know there are still viruses on linux before the windoze crowd jump in

PastEgo

Edited May 26, 2009 by PastEgo

[Crushdepth]

Infected USB sticks are the most common way people catch things at my work now. Every time someone goes to a meeting there is this rampant exchange of infected USB sticks. In future I will only buy models with a 'read only' switch.

A good thing for Windows users to do is to turn off autorun for removable drives. You can do that with the TweakUI power toy (google it).