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How do i scan a Pen Drive.......
Dunkyboy_2
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Please could someone tell me how to scan a pen drive.
My daughter has been coming home from school and plugging her pen drive thingy into our new PC, and i am worried/terrified that she may introduce a virus onto our computer, as the school has been having problems. She needs to do work on the PC so i can't just say NO, so is there a way of scanning this thing for virus's before she starts to open files etc.
I have Avira anti-virus, and zone alarm running, can i use these to scan with please.
I have XP sp2.....many thanks....:beer:
My daughter has been coming home from school and plugging her pen drive thingy into our new PC, and i am worried/terrified that she may introduce a virus onto our computer, as the school has been having problems. She needs to do work on the PC so i can't just say NO, so is there a way of scanning this thing for virus's before she starts to open files etc.
I have Avira anti-virus, and zone alarm running, can i use these to scan with please.
I have XP sp2.....many thanks....:beer:
Not ashamed to say ABBA are Great :j
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Avira should scan it automatically on access, but you can scan any drive using avira, right click on drive in explorer.
Disabling autorun/autoplay also helps prevent infections
http://windowssecrets.com/2009/03/12/02-Microsoft-flubs-a-way-to-disable-AutoRun-in-XP
Sp2 is out of date, should be sp3 by now.!!
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Thankyou, i shall try that out.:jNot ashamed to say ABBA are Great :j0
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A bit off topic OP but i notice your using xp service pack 2, maybe you should upgrade to sp30
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