using pen drives in Ubuntu 8.10

If a pen drive is affected with virus of windows it will not affect ubuntu's file systems but will it make a copy of it into ubuntu and then when we use windows it will affect it?

How to deal with pen drives with viruses?

i tried to delete virus (new folder) but it can't be deleted says permission denied.
Also one folder in pen drive shows locked icon on left top (in ubuntu). what this means? :?:

Lastly how to format pen drive in ubuntu?

will it make a copy of it into ubuntu and then when we use windows it will affect it?

No. None of Virus can create file in Linux.
Regarding deleting files of Pen Drive, just press Alt+F2 and type this

Code:

gksu nautilus

It will open Nautilus with root privileges. Navigate to Pen Drive and delete all unknown files.

Linux is best to kill Windows Virus.

But please be cautioned while deleting files with root privileges. Make sure you are inside your pen drive.

Also, bitdefender recently launched anti-virus for unices. You can instal it in your linux machine and scan windows partition and pen drive.

*www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-en--BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-for-Unices.html
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But please be cautioned while deleting files with root privileges. Make sure you are inside your pen drive.

Also, bitdefender recently launched anti-virus for unices. You can instal it in your linux machine and scan windows partition and pen drive.

*www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-80-en--BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-for-Unices.html

Ant-virus for linux

Avast! - Free and commercial
AVG - free and commercial
Avira -F & C
ClamAV- Freeware
E-Set(makers of Nod32)- Commercial
F-Secure Linux-Commercial
Kaspersky Linux security-Commercial
Panda security for Linux -Commercial
Symantec Anti virus for Linux - Commercial
Trend Micro Server protect for Linux - commercial

Anti virus for linux are generally only used in Linux servers to filter windows virus ....

windows viruses do not effect Linux ....

and there are only a handful of linux virus , all of them categorized as a low security threat

How to Format Pen Drives: Install GParted (GNOME) or QPaerted (KDE) from Synaptic and fortmat/resize/delete partitions and pen drives with it.

If you are a commen-line junkie then Ubuntu Linux format USB pen drive Be careful with the partitions names /dev/sdx

Thanx for help.

Really Linux is best to kill Windows Virus.

ghost at rest said:
Linux is best to kill Windows Virus.

+Infinity
Can't agree more.