external hard disc vs internal hard disc

[faithfoo]

ignoring the inherent instability of hard disc


would a internal hard disc attached with an extrenal casing less prone to virus attacks/corruption ( hard disk attached by firwire to notebook)

AS COMPARED TO an internal hard disc within the PC

[makntraks]

ignoring the inherent instability of hard disc


would a internal hard disc attached with an extrenal casing less prone to virus attacks/corruption ( hard disk attached by firwire to notebook)

AS COMPARED TO an internal hard disc within the PC

???? Would'nt matter int or ext... in either case I believe most virii, if they are particularily nasty, will wipe out your C: drive as this is where most OS's live... as for corruption - corruption is corruption and this is drive related, plus a drive being in an external case (which I will assume you will be transporting) will be subject to more external forces than an internal drive would...

But then again I could be wrong.. best to be prepared..
makntraks

edit - must play nice...

[faithfoo]

let's talk abt subject to virus


The external drive would not have any OS ,,,

it should be less vlunerable since I will detach the firwire as and when ..

compared to an internal drive that will always stay attached ..

[makntraks]

let's talk abt subject to virus


The external drive would not have any OS ,,,

it should be less vlunerable since I will detach the firwire as and when ..

compared to an internal drive that will always stay attached ..

Run a top notch antivirus pgm, keep up with OS security and virus sig updates, don't open suspicious emails, etc and you shouldn't have to worry either way..

makntraks

[Ripper2860]

Odds are if the drive is seen by the system as a physical or logical device (whether in Windows or BIOS) -- a virus probably see it as well. While the drive may not have an OS installed, it will be visible and accessible from an OS. Otherwise you could not use or access the drive.

IMHO -- If you can access the drive so can a virus. Should be no difference in vulnerability as it relates to internal vs external. As above -- practice safe computing and use an A/V program with frequent updates.

[gmatov]

Depends on the purpose of the virus.

If it one of the mailer programs, no addresses on the drive, no prob.

If it is a "data corruption" program, seeking executables, when you plug in and are recognized, it may have a new target to work on. Before this, of course your machine may be corrupted beyond boot, already.

If it searches for Word documents, as some do, it may, again, attack the drive as soon as it is attached/recognized.

If it is strictly for video, you may be safe until someone decides it would be great fun to write a bug to go after video files with all extensions.

Internal/external, no difference. Safe when not accessible, vulnerable when part of the system.

I think you are being just a bit too paranoid, here, even though they really ARE out to get you.

Cheers,

George

[Jayhawk]

Internal/external, no difference. Safe when not accessible, vulnerable when part of the system.

I agree with gmatov, no difference when it's connected. Only possible advantage might be that would not always be connected. Still, when you did connect, the virus would see it.

[mike1061]

I third that
Mike.