Computer security experts please help. Was my flash drive hacked, or is there another possible reason for....?

You can view other dates relating to files in Windows Explorer by selecting other columns. Do this:

1. In any directory in Windows Explorer, right-click on any column header. A mini-menu will appear showing the columns currently selected and other not selected. You can check any of them to select them.

2. Further, there's a More selection, which will give you an even larger selection of columns. Not all apply to all files.

3. Look down in the "Date ..." area, in particular, Date Accessed and Date Last Saved.

Note that these extra columns are on a directory-by-directory basis, and that the columns can be rearranged for readability.

In another vein, though, look in the root directory of the flash drive for an .inf-type file. These can be malware, and can actually infect another machine as soon as the drive is inserted into a USB slot. They're very insidious.

Scanning them with anti-malware may help detect them, but I doubt deleting them by hand will be effective. The underlying malware would have to be cleaned up first.

Hope that helps.

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