michaelsmith664 Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 Hello, I accidently plugged an infected USB drive into my computer. The computer was turned off when I plugged it in, but I read somewhere that The USB ports are still on even though the computer is turned off and its possible to still get infected. I was wondering whether or not this is true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted April 13, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 13, 2013 as far as i know a PC must support powerdown usb in order for them to still work. That said the only thing that USB can do without a host operating system is charge (i.e. charge your phone, charge your iPad, charge your camera). This is only true if the PC is Shut down (or Hibernated), but if that's the state the computer is in then no virus could transfer. I'm not sure if the same can be said if you computer is only sleeping though (usually you can tell the difference by weather or not the LED on your computer for power is slowly pulsing or not). ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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