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Aref and Burhan
USB Drives
Burhan. Excuse me, just give me one minute of your time.
I need to show you the photos of the trip we did to the mountain a few days ago.
One moment, Aref. Who does this flash drive belong to?
It's my friend Ziad's.
OK. But are you sure it doesn’t have any viruses?
Oh, Burhan. You always make a big deal of everything.
What viruses are you talking about?
And what if it does have viruses?
Don't you know, Aref, that viruses can destroy your files and your computer
if you don't have an efficient antivirus program installed?
Listen to me, Aref.
I'll tell you what happened with me last week, and you can you judge by yourself.
OK, let's see what you have to say, Mr. Fouad.
Last week, while I was working on something important,
my computer suddenly deleted all the files, on which I had worked so hard.
Afterwards, my computer shut down without prior notice.
I knew later on that this was caused by viruses.
They had been transferred from the USB flash drive that I had borrowed from a colleague of mine.
I should mention that my antivirus program had expired,
and it wasn't an original version in the first place.
It was a pirated copy that had expired a long time ago.
Wait for a second. What do these two things have to do with each other?
Listen, Aref. I'll explain it to you.
External disk drives can transfer viruses.
These drives move from one computer to another, and they transfer viruses, along with files,
to computers that are not equipped with active and licensed antivirus programs.
This happens especially while using a pirated copy of an antivirus program, which cannot be updated.
This makes viruses unstoppable, like what happened with Fouad.
So, I'm carrying around this flash drive, and it has viruses.
I'm carrying viruses and putting them on my friends' computers!
Don't feel guilty.
What's important here is that you ask anyone who uses this flash drive
to scan it with an antivirus program to make sure it doesn't have viruses before they open it.
This is what matters.
Exactly, Aref. Many people use USB drives, which easily transfer viruses.
Some of these viruses are designed to copy files and spy on you.
Now I get it.
You scared me man.
Now, could we see the photos from the trip after this important lecture, professors?
But first, you have to scan it with an antivirus program. Right, Aref?
Of course. I got it. I swear that I got it.