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Old 04-06-2019, 04:22 PM   #18
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@FrustratedReader - I'm a volunteer for a community service provider that targets the disabled and elderly. As such, I have probably eradicated at least a 100 malware infestations on various computers. I'd say 70% came from email attachments, and 20% from software downloads - I can't recall ever tracing one to a USB stick or direct intrusion.

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Remember the days of boot viruses passed by infecting the boot block on floppies.?
The only on not mentioned is 'drive by' type (no click or open needed). Most modern browsers do stop these, but there are folk running W9x that might be vulnerable as their browser is so out dated (no basic support).
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