2 questions

1. Is it true that if you download files to a floppy disk
at a public library that you won't get spyware when you
open the file on your home computer?

2. If you download a file from the internet to a 3 1/2
floppy and the file has a virus can you just format the
floppy and get rid of the virus, making the floppy safe
and useable again?

Thank you,
Angela

"Angela" wrote:

1. Is it true that if you download files to a floppy disk
at a public library that you won't get spyware when you
open the file on your home computer?

If there is spyware embedded in the program you downloaded, then it
will infect your computer when you run the program. The medium on
which that program is stored doesn't matter.

2. If you download a file from the internet to a 3 1/2
floppy and the file has a virus can you just format the
floppy and get rid of the virus, making the floppy safe
and useable again?

That should work.

--
Tim Slattery
MS MVP(DTS)

"Angela" wrote in message
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1. Is it true that if you download files to a floppy disk
at a public library that you won't get spyware when you
open the file on your home computer?

That would depend on what type of files and where you download them from. If they
are from the internet then you are still vulnerable. If they contain a new
unknow/undetected nasty you are still vulnerable. If you're not using your own
machine that you know the level of security involved then it's a crap shoot.


2. If you download a file from the internet to a 3 1/2
floppy and the file has a virus can you just format the
floppy and get rid of the virus, making the floppy safe
and useable again?

It could be formatted for use again with hopes it did'nt already compromise the
machine the disk was used in.



--
Brian A.

Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

If you want to be sure that a virus is removed from a floppy be sure to do a
full format - a quick format is not good enough.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Angela" wrote in message
...
1. Is it true that if you download files to a floppy disk
at a public library that you won't get spyware when you
open the file on your home computer?

2. If you download a file from the internet to a 3 1/2
floppy and the file has a virus can you just format the
floppy and get rid of the virus, making the floppy safe
and useable again?

Thank you,
Angela