My computer possibly may have a virus, I am not sure, it is just acting funny sometimes. I connected an external hardrive to it and put some music on it and then disconnected it. If my computer had a virus, does this mean the harddrive is infected? Wouldn't I have to put infected files in the hard drive?
2006-10-30 19:11:48 · 11 answers · asked by Blankito 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
But that logic, why doesn't my ipod get a virus when I put songs into it? All I did was put music on the harddrive...
2006-10-30 19:15:54 · update #1
sure it has
2006-10-30 20:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Wish Master 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
usually an external drive wont pick up a virus just by plugging it in .. but some really nasty viruses actually target harddrives to corrupt them ... u should get avast or somthing and scan everything so you dont wind up losing the whole shebang.
2006-10-31 03:15:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. You should first sort out the problem. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-01 21:51:27 · answer #3 · answered by blsruthi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you run a virus check to be safe? AVG has a free one.
2006-10-31 03:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hard drive is where all viruses attack first, so yes!
2006-10-31 03:14:14 · answer #5 · answered by Mac 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-10-31 03:12:38 · answer #6 · answered by scotttorrez 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
probaly not
sounds risky
2006-10-31 03:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by Kelly Bundy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, easily transfered.
2006-10-31 03:13:35 · answer #8 · answered by ruy2kok2day 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is such possibility
2006-10-31 03:13:38 · answer #9 · answered by Clown & Joker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very likely
2006-10-31 03:13:04 · answer #10 · answered by DenRoCK 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋