sweetnjguy29's Journal: My Love/Hate Relationship with my USB key

I love my USB key. It is a 1 Gig Corsair Flash Voyager. Here is a review: http://www.maximumpc.com/2005/07/corsair_flash_v.html

I currently have the following portable applications installed: FoxIt Adobe Acrobat Reader, Damn Small Linux (Qemu Emulation for windows), freeCommander, Portable OpenOffice.org, Portable Firefox and Thunderbird, TrueCrypt, VLC media player, and GAIM portable.

These portable apps are so awesome, because they give me flexibility if I am using a friends computer, if I am at the library, or most importantly, I am at a job site where they don't understand the importance of Firefox.

Plus, I can store lots of important files on it!

So, why do I hate my USB key? Because I am forced to run virus scans every time in hooks up to my computer, to make sure that I don't have internet cooties.

And today, for the first time, I got a serious case of computer VD from a Times Square computer. I had to print out my CV...and my printer at home needed new ink...so I stopped into a printing place near Times Square...the next before I went to sync my firefox bookmarks...I scanned the drive and found Win32:Trax and VBS:Malware on my key! So, now I am scanning my computer, just in case...what a bummer.

Age old Moral of the story: Don't poke your stick into anything at Times Square.