Can a virus on a flash drive run itself without autorun?
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Mar 15, 202620960 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Someone told me that it's possible for a virus to run itself from Flash memories even if is not present or this feature is disabled using . He said a virus can run itself as soon as I plug in a flash memory. Is it correct?
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autorun.inf
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Fix for: Can a virus on a flash drive run itself without autorun?
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Short answer No, a file on a drive cannot just run itself. Like all viruses, it needs some sort of initialization. A file does not magically initiate for no reason at all; something has to cause it to load in some way. (Unfortunately the number of w…
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