25% of Malware Spread Via USB Drives

The incredible convenience, low cost and speed of information transfer via removable storage medium has come back to bite us squarely on our USB port.

"Much of the malware in circulation has been designed to distribute through these devices," said Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs. "Not only does it copy itself to these gadgets, but it also runs automatically when a USB device is connected to a computer, infecting the system practically transparently to the user.

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