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Panda detected viruses in my new USB flash drive

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bigi2na   09-01-2009 at 07:59:58 PM

I had purchased on E-bay a 32 gb flash drive and immediately upon installing it, Panda detected 3 viruses and got rid of them. I was wondering how common that is to have viruses detected on a new flash drive? Maybe buyer should be aware anytime you get something from someone you don't know like through E-Bay.

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tosh9i   09-01-2009 at 08:16:43 PM

When you got this flash drive, was it used or brand new as in unopened.

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bigi2na   09-02-2009 at 05:31:18 AM

tosh9i wrote :

When you got this flash drive, was it used or brand new as in unopened.



Hard to say. The description said it was new and came in a little sealed plastic bag, but that doesn't mean much. I emailed the seller and ask her whether it was actually new and about the viruses I found on it. Guess I wait to see what the seller has to say.

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fleep   09-18-2009 at 05:04:17 PM

I don't think it is unheard of to ship a new HDD w/ a factory installed virus:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/139 [...] rives.html

so could be the same w/ your flash drive.

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bigi2na   09-18-2009 at 06:41:06 PM

fleep wrote :

I don't think it is unheard of to ship a new HDD w/ a factory installed virus:

 

http://www.pcworld.com/article/139 [...] rives.html

 

so could be the same w/ your flash drive.

 


Thanks for that bit of info. Looks like you got to be careful installing any type of drive now days, new or used.


Message edited by bigi2na on 09-18-2009 at 06:42:05 PM
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