> isn't it straightforward for that virus to infect the thumb drive Maybe not "straightforward", but, yes, absolutely, that would be a very likely vector. As I

> isn't it straightforward for that virus to infect the thumb drive Maybe not "straightforward", but, yes, absolutely, that would be a very likely vector. As I understand it, this is how the Stuxnet worm was designed (the one that sabotaged the Iranian centrifuges).