2007-01-01 06:09:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
"Get Viruses" is a relative thing. First, understand what a virus is and is not. It is not a bacteria or human virus (although that is a different category problem if you get sick from your hard drive). It is an application or bit of code that does some kind of malicious activity when executed. For example, if you run a program called "FunJoke.exe" and expect a clown to appear, and it actually deletes your files....that is a virus. If you open an image that has a background application which sends emails to all your email addrsss book, that is a virus. You get the idea.
So, to your question, the answer is yes. Viruses can be stored on external drives, memory sticks, network file shares, and even your camera memory if you download the code the code there. They can be executed on your computer from each place.
If I extend your question, it is suggested that you run a virus scan on each periodically.
2007-01-01 06:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any disk drive that is accessible by you (in Windows) is accessible by a virus. That means, if you have an external drive connected (USB thumb drive; USB hard drive) or have a disk in your floppy drive; or are connected to a shared network drive; these are all places a virus can copy themselves to.
Also, if the files you're burning to a CD or DVD disc are infected, well that's just a fantastic way of preserving the virus for all time - which has the possibility of re-infecting your PC every time you load that disc again.
2007-01-02 00:15:53 · answer #2 · answered by samsu s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can....
You can get VIRUS from any storage media (CD, DVD, Floppy, Hard disk internal & external, USB Drives, Zip Disks, Back UP Tapes etc) as its just a piece of software..
Computer VIRUS is not the viruses(organisms or particles) which infects the living beings.. Its just a Program(software)...
To avoid computer viruses:
Use antivirus software, many are free..
Avoid using storage medias from the strangers..
Visit antivirus websites and read the guidelines....
2007-01-01 14:31:42 · answer #3 · answered by kslokesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if you don't have an antivirus installed.
An external hard drive is a storage device like floppy, thumb drive,flash memory devices,and optical storage devices,it don't have a inbuilt firewall,antivirus or some thing like that.
so it is prone to infection of virus,malware, spyware, etc so better have a good antivirus software installed
2007-01-05 03:38:32 · answer #4 · answered by raj k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's obvious that external devices also get affected due viruses.When they attached to u r computer make sure that any virus don't get in coz that can damage the drive quite easily.So i suggest u that scan u r external device regularly as it can increase the life of the device
2007-01-02 11:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. It is possible. Better to be on safeside. You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. You insatll a standard antivirus soft ware such as Norton, AVG , Avast ( free antivirus software and Ad-aware, Ewido ( free spyware removers). You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2007-01-03 07:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can get viruses and malware on any storage device ie floppies, hdds,zip drives, pen drives, memory cards ect..
2007-01-01 23:23:28 · answer #7 · answered by Goanchu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surely..you may get it to your external hard drive also..
2007-01-02 08:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by rajesh s 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is hooked up (active) during the infection, - yes.
2007-01-01 14:12:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-01 19:48:58 · answer #10 · answered by Jay ... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋