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How safe is it to run portable apps on public computers?
steeladept:
Or you could make it read-only. Though in all fairness I don't remember how to do that...
Stoic Joker:
I don't thing FireFox will work on a read-only drive - which is why I didn't suggest it - But I have used that trick (Drive with hardware write protect toggle) in a pinch.
Public Computers are like Public Toilets, once you sit down you're fully exposed to the last guy's mess.
wraith808:
Public Computers are like Public Toilets, once you sit down you're fully exposed to the last guy's mess.
-Stoic Joker (June 14, 2010, 01:56 PM)
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Talk about uncomfortable analogies...
superboyac:
I had a situation last year where my mom's computer had some bad malware/virus on it. i used my usb to try to fix it using portable apps because none of the installed apps were working. But I got the virus on the usb stick. Then I took it to work, and almost f'ed up the computer there. Mcafee wasn't able to handle it (which is ridiculous, seriously...the big name AV companies are no good...Norton, Mcafee). i was able to clean it, but I was worried because I've gotten in stupid trouble before at that job for messing with my computer.
rjbull:
If one were to use an encrypted disk, e.g. Rohos Mini Drive, or one of the hardware-encrypted ones like the expensive IronKey, which are intended to prevent snooping, would that also reduce the chances of the USB getting infected?
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