All it takes for these infections is a USB stick just like this one. I remember having a USB stick back in 2005 with a virus on it that would load itself on any Windows XP system, it took advantage of a leak where it would recognize the USB as a DVD drive and load up the boot file and it would install a keylogger.
[QUOTE=darth-veger;52392919]All it takes for these infections is a USB stick just like this one. I remember having a USB stick back in 2005 with a virus on it that would load itself on any Windows XP system, it took advantage of a leak where it would recognize the USB as a DVD drive and load up the boot file and it would install a keylogger.[/QUOTE]
Surely there is some kind of secure solution to prevent USB transfers of viruses on a large scale? Like something that isolates the stick and prevents it from touching the computer until its contents have been fully scanned for stuff like this.
I mean I know this basically comes down to user error anyway and people need to be more stringent in their security, but having more foolproof steps in place goes a lot further than rules that people will inevitably ignore/forget.
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