Keyboard/mouse/monitor carry viruses????

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Harry Pickel

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Hi I just bought a gaming computer and my old computer got a really bad virus on it and I was wondering if it would be safe to use the same keyboard monitor and mouse without getting a virus on my new computer
 

germansneak

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I just came across this post. I would have responded the same way clutchc did until I saw these articles. I would feel much better if someone could debunk the articles linked below as either bogus or as a "myth."

http://www.digitalsociety.org/2009/08/apple-keyboards-hacked-and-possessed/
http://www.cnet.com/news/keyboard-hack-could-leave-your-mac-completely-vulnerable/
http://www.wired.com/2014/07/usb-security/
 
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