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Guest	FLASH DERIVES AND CDs 11/03/2009 4:55 PM
	How and why Discs are secured against viruses but not in flash drives?
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bwire Guru Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upper Mid-west USA Posts: 5517 Good Answers: 53	#1 Re: FLASH DERIVES AND CDs 11/03/2009 6:12 PM
	Sharpen your point please __________________ "In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists."Eric Hoffer"

severach Active Contributor Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 11 Good Answers: 2	#2 Re: FLASH DERIVES AND CDs 11/05/2009 12:02 AM
	Compact Discs are not secure against viruses. Compact Discs are too complicated to create for viruses to take interest in using them for travel. Flash drives are easy to read and write to and are already traveling. Microsoft's feeble attempt to prevent autorun on flash drives failed.

bwire Guru Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upper Mid-west USA Posts: 5517 Good Answers: 53	#3 In reply to #2 Re: FLASH DERIVES AND CDs 11/05/2009 1:49 AM
	Microsoft's feeble attempt to prevent autorun on flash drives failed. It is the users prerogative to flaunt safety or not. __________________ "In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists."Eric Hoffer"

maveric_manic Guru Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Santa Clarita, California USA Posts: 519	#4 Re: FLASH DERIVES AND CDs 11/06/2009 7:44 PM
	You need to scan your disks and flash drives to make sure they are OK! __________________ Regards, maveric_manic - "Knowledge is Power and Wisdom is knowing how to use it"

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