Safely opening a suspect USB Drive

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Mar 15, 202613486 views

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If you have a USB Drive that may or may not be contaminated, what is the best way to retrieve data from it without reinfecting yourself?

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Fix for: Safely opening a suspect USB Drive

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If you want to be completely sure, mount it on a Mac or Linux box. Seriously. For an example, see the new shortcut icon exploit, which ALL Windows machines since NT have been vulnerable to. This exploit allows arbitrary code to be executed simply wh…

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