Pen drive with built-in Antivirus

[arun.m]

hello Everyone,

I have heard some thing about an Built-in Antivirus in an Pen drive.Now a days transend has launched an pen drive with buit-in antivirus.The antivirus is powered by trend micro security. Is any body knows more about this case.how is it working Is that antivirus will protect from all virus attack. please reply if any one know about it more.

[jaclaz]

Well, not really news, these drives have been around since a bit:

http://www.infoworld.com/t/drives-and-arrays/transcend-antivirus-usb-flash-drive-trend-micro-032

http://www.transcendusa.com/Press/index.asp?LangNo=0&axn=Detail&PrsNo=1323

The model is the V15:

http://www.transcendusa.com/products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=245&LangNo=0&Func1No=&Func2No=

http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/TrendMicro/TrendMicro.asp

IMHO , since the vulnerability is due to the Autorun feature of some MS Operating Systems, it seems to me just crazy to use this to run the actual AntiVirus software.

The antivirus is licensed for 90 days, then you have to pay for the updates.

I find it more a Commercial/Advertisement intiative than a Technical idea.

The approach of disabling the Autorun seems to me like a better approach:

http://ninjapendisk.com/

http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4350

then you let your "resident" antivirus take care of the non-USB Autorun related threats.

jaclaz