Is my USB infected?

Today I bought a new USB stick because of the kaspersky Reduce disk and then I put the stick in the PC and checked the software.

I don't know why now, but I must have had a virus on this PC. Because afterwards the operating system no longer wanted to boot.

My question now is whether my laptop is infected or not?

When I created the Reduce disk, the entire USB data carrier was formatted.

Should I worry that the virus has now passed from my PC to the laptop?

Did you remove the stick before booting? Some PCs are so irritated by some sticks that they pretend to be dead.

That's not my problem. The operating system is running again.

My question is whether I should be afraid that my laptop where the stick was inside is infected or not because there was no data on it and now I don't know what to do next. There was nothing on the stick.

Take a scan.

One should never worry - check regularly. The Win Defender is quite helpful here.

Was there someone on your computer or are you the keeper of secrets? There are extremely rare viruses that can't be detected by scanning. But maybe someone has that who is hot on the heels of the secret service. Nobody generates it for you and me and just out of joke, because it is so complex.

Summary: If no virus is found, it almost certainly isn't.

Every scan says the system is safe. But I don't know that the USB was in the PC that was infected with a trojana.

I also checked the USB several times. Didn't find anything either.

Okey the laptop runs normally as usual. I'm not so worried about that.

If you are more certain that a stick was infected, throw it in the bin and don't scan it anymore. Viruses are so plague that their damage is tens of times the value of the stick.

Otherwise, if nothing was found, don't get ready. Because feared to death, - also died.

"I don't know why now, but I must have had a virus on this PC."

No. There's no virus on a new USB stick. I guess you bought that from a reputable source?

I have. It was just inside the infected computer but the stick was also formatted.

But there was no data on it either.

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