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Recommendations for sanitizing NEW thumb drives by Twitchh 2014-02-06 05:15:47
before using them?

I'm looking at this specifically as an exercise for safely removing any pre-installed (whether accidentally or intentionally by the manufacturer or by some third-party before the drive gets to me), auto-run malware or other "bad things" from a new thumb drive before I plug it into any systems I own or work on.

The links I have seen so far all mostly talk about how to make sure no one else gets *your* data off the drive -- Ball peen hammers seem to figure prominently in the recommendations there.

I want to make sure I don't get *their* data/"presents"/whatever on my computer.

Ideally, I'd like a process I can apply to a thumb drive I find in a parking lot that would allow me to end up being able to use that drive on my systems with complete (ok, at least near-complete) confidence that I'm not catching whatever was left on it for me to stumble across. (I am NOT planning on doing that, mind you.)

So, what say you all?
[ Reply ]
  Mini Linux install?? by robertltux2014-02-06 05:37:36
    Which windows? by Klaranth2014-02-06 05:41:58
      Thanks! (n/t) by Twitchh2014-02-06 10:07:16
  Re-partition and format. (n/t) by vampire2014-02-06 05:50:45
  Sacrificial bare bones computer by morenna2014-02-06 06:21:20
  Linux LiveCD if your that paranoid by Freakazoid2014-02-06 06:42:20
    Linky for Gentoo, please? (n/t) by Twitchh2014-02-06 07:11:58
      install cd here by Freakazoid2014-02-06 07:24:01
        Thanks! (n/t) by Twitchh2014-02-06 07:32:07
    Can't he also use the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows by SaylorA2014-02-06 07:14:40
      I've never used UBCD4Win before. From reading the by Twitchh2014-02-06 07:46:46
        I'll be honest, it was years ago I built my UBCD4W by SaylorA2014-02-06 08:33:41
        Slipstreaming essentially inserts the by radiowave9112014-02-06 08:40:50
          checked knoppix earlier by Freakazoid2014-02-06 09:19:51
            It's kinda a one-man-show after all. by ripley82014-02-06 22:46:44
          Thanks! (n/t) by Twitchh2014-02-06 10:03:55
    Make sure no writeable media is connected. by OddParity2014-02-06 08:54:45
      Excellent -- Thanks! (n/t) by Twitchh2014-02-06 10:06:33
      Simplification by ripley82014-02-06 14:07:50
        IOW, Flash cells are like an etch-a-sketch. (n/t) by kahuana2014-02-06 16:58:48
          In a way, yes they are. (n/t) by ripley82014-02-06 22:44:49
  I just plug it into cow-orker's box and format (n/t) by SSpiffy2014-02-06 12:06:22

 

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