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Not sure just how effective this will be, but you've got to admit that a portable anti-virus system can only be A Good Thing. This USB Virus Chaser, courtesy of Korean company Digiworks, is not the first anti-virus-system-in-a-USB, as they've been around for a couple of years (most notably Iocell's VaccineDrive). The Virus Chaser is around from this month in 2GB and 4GB versions. – Ad Dugdale

USB VIrus Chaser by Digiworks [Akihabara News]

8:11 AM on Fri May 4 2007
By Addy Dugdale
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Wako at 08:02 AM on 05/04/07
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2 and 4MB? The image says 2 and 4GB!
Who's telling the truth?
Stalhandske at 08:08 AM on 05/04/07
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So I guess they will have some sort of online update service..
Hugh Jass at 08:22 AM on 05/04/07
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"A Good Thing"
What's with the caps?

"in 2 and 4MB versions"
Darn. Guess the 2GB and 4GB labels up top were just photoshopped.
Jesus Diaz at 08:40 AM on 05/04/07
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[voice="strong_bad"]Ooooooooo, feeling lucky today, aren't we, Huge Ass?[/voice]

Thanks for the typo alert, Hugh! My fault for not picking it up at editing. The caps are intentional, though. So is the rest.
Geisrud at 08:53 AM on 05/04/07
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So, can the 4GB detect twice as many viri as the 2GB drive?

I guess I don't get why there's 2 sizes for a dedicated device. Would be the same as buying AV software on a CD or paying twice as much to get it on a DVD.
FightingChance at 09:03 AM on 05/04/07
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It would be very cool if you could dock this on your own pc, update the dats and engine, then plug it into the target pc and have it start automatically so you could just walk away for the next hour while it scans, cleans, and reboots on it's own.
Xerloq at 09:22 AM on 05/04/07
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What's with the SLC and Jewelry labels?
FROST1 at 09:24 AM on 05/04/07
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Greeeaaat, now we'll start seeing computer rights activist saying this isnt right to lethally inject a virus on a computer, just let it sit there for it's life and die......
m3talsyr3n at 09:56 AM on 05/04/07
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FROST1, you are lame
Hugh Jass at 10:12 AM on 05/04/07
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You know I love you, Jesus! Oh and you too, Ad!
strider_mt2k at 10:29 AM on 05/04/07
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I use ClamWin Portable, which is free and will run right from a common flash drive.

http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/clamwin_portable
Kaiser-Machead at 11:46 AM on 05/04/07
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Now, if I can find one that does the exact opposite *evil grin*
googlesmith at 12:16 PM on 05/04/07
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How does one of these work? Do you boot your computer of it, or does it use autorun or something? I reckon it should just replace your OS with linux, and then you are virus free :P
Chebwa at 05:25 PM on 05/04/07
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...why are there two different sizes?

Do they store data AND kill viruses?

I DON'T UNDERSTAND!