Pro tip: Always scan USB drives, learned the hard way

I plugged in a USB drive from a friend without thinking. It had a virus that locked some of my files. I had to use backup recovery and clean my system. Now I scan every external device before opening anything.

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dylancampbell3h ago

Got to be honest, I usually just plug and play with stuff from people I know. Most friends aren't trying to give me a virus, lol. Modern computers have decent defenses running in the background anyway. Feels like overkill to scan every single thumb drive, that's just more time wasted. I'd only get paranoid about random drives found in a parking lot or something. My system's fine so far.

irisp675h ago

Read in Wired about 30% of found USB drives having malware.