USB drive used at school and home - protection from malware

Hi,
I have a USB drive that I use to take files (homework, etc.) back and forth between my home computer and computers at school. What do I need to do to make sure I don't bring home viruses, rootkits, etc.?
Thanks.

 

You can try drivesentry goanywhere. You install it on the usb drive and when you insert it in a computer drivesentry loads up and allows you to control what gets written to the drive.

 

The following seems to be one possible solution:

http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/usbvirusscan/

 

Fash Disinfector may be able to help?

 

Thanks guys.
So if I make sure 1) that my computer doesn't run an autorun.inf on my flash drive when I plug it in, and
2) I scan the contents of the drive before clicking on anything,

how safe is my computer from viruses if one got onto my flash drive at school?

 

Sorry for the ambiguity, but I think the answer is...it depends. If you take the above steps and you plug in an infected flash drive that has a virus signature that is already identified by your AV, then it should alert you and presumably protect you. But if it's a zero-day infection (i.e., not yet identified by your AV), then you've got problems.

To deal with the zero-day potential, you could add a third step by running the flash drive in a sandbox (Sandboxie) or other virtual environment.

 

I don't think you're really gonna get new threats, at most some Brontoks or Online Game trojans. Just disable autorun, your av should automatically scan the drive(if not you should configure it to scan all removal drives), and even if it doesn't it will alert you if you try to access an infected files.