usb thumb drive with 'read only' options at a hardware level


One more cunning movement by the spyware industry... Winantivirus 2009
installs a hidden file on the root directory of any thumb drive inserted
into an infected machine, it also puts on an autorun.ini, meaning that
whenever the drive is doubleclicked, the virus infects the host machine (or
reinfects a one just cleaned).

The file is a m.exe, it is hidden and claims to be a skype related file.

This brings me to the main point of the message, does anyone know any links
to usb thumbdrives that have a read only lock? I know quite a few have
folder encryption etc, which is not what i want. I want the drive to be
freely accesible, just unchangable.

IF not, it looks like i will be moving back to burning cd-rs on a regular
basis...

Gaz


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