RE: [OT] possible USB virus?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lina [mailto:lina.lastname@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:00 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: [OT] possible USB virus?
>
> On Saturday 23,February,2013 10:35 PM, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 02:36:13PM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> On Saturday 23 February 2013 13:38:16 lina wrote:
> >>> Few days ago, a guy borrowed my USB.
> >>
> >> Why?? Surely lending one's USB is asking for trouble! Personally I
would
> >> reformat, but then I am paranoid.
> >
> > Any .exe is probably a Windoze executable (use the file command to
> > check) and therefore can't do anything to your Linux system anyway.
> >
> > I'm selling tin foil hats on special this week only! :)
> >
> I think I have already have one (invisible though).
>
> Thanks, I won't worry about it anymore.
>
> Have a nice weekend,
FYI, a few USB storage things were known to irrevocably become Windows
devices once used on Windows. This is rare now. However, if you
reformatted and it seems to work now, forget about it.
Cheers,
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