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FAKE USB Flash Drives are around the traps again..
Waiting to trap us guys and gals into buying them...Noticed a lot going over the last month or so, at least more than usual!
Mainly no brand devices in the range of 32 to 128GB, all very cheap of course.
I suspect that some otherwise reliable sellers are getting conned into selling these things without any real checks.
I bought a 32GB drive for $2.70 that didn't live up to it's name (well actually it didn't really have a name, just a 32GB sticker!)
They can start off being written to OK, then run out of real room, throw data away, or start writing data back over what is already written , very convenient.
Tests using FAKEFLASHTEST v1.1.1 showed "Device has duplicate or bad blocks"
The testing program and instructions are available here..
http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/-fake-usb-flash-memory-drives
I found it ran very slowly on the faulty drive but very fast on a good drive.
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horizon1907
·11 years agochrisn, Please very very careful with this sort of Device. They can be extremely dangerous and start fires etc. IMO go into a B & M Store and buy one. For the sake of a few extra $$, it's not worth buying them on line. Especially if they are Cheap. They may look the same, but are inferior in Quality and Components. There have been many posts about these and similar devices on the Boards.
markcjm
·3 years agoThey don't start fires, LOL. But they could contain malware, viruses or keyloggers.