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A Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive comprising a controller including a USB interface and a nonvolatile computer readable medium interface. The USB flash drive may also comprise a nonvolatile computer readable medium in communication with the nonvolatile computer readable medium interface and storing data and a USB connector in communication with the USB interface. The USB flash drive may also comprise a transmitter for transmitting at least a portion of data from the nonvolatile computer readable medium to an external device external to the USB flash drive. The transmitter may be substantially simultaneously operable with the USB connector, may send a modulated data signal, and/or may send the at least portion data in a compressed format.

Universal serial bus device including a USB connector and a transmitter

Network switches with enhanced processing power and a virus information database are used to detect possible virus attacks and identify the source of the attacks within a computer network. A network switch has multiple ports that are directly connected to different computers for routing network communication packets among the computers. The packets passing through the network switch are scanned for virus signatures and/or patterns of virus attacks. In an off-line scan mode, a copy of the packets passing through the switch is saved into a packet queue for scanning. Alternatively, in an on-line scan mode, packets received by the network switch are scanned for virus signatures or virus attack patterns before being forwarded to their destination ports.

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