U3 Virus and Sandisk: Evil or Merely Incompetent?

Edit: Removed curse words and horrifying justified insults of Sandisk employees and the U3 virus. Also started referring to U3 as the U3 virus.

I purchased a USB flash drive today (5/9/2010) and was surprised to see the U3 Virus show up on my desktop along with the actual useful USB drive.

I know about the U3 virus and I know that it should be avoided. When I selected the Sandisk flash drive I examined the package for the U3 virus and figured I was safe when I did not see it. Unfortunately it turns out that Sandisk does not indicate that their flash drive is infected with the U3 virus.

I assume that Sandisk avoids mentioning the U3 virus on the packaging because people would not buy their inferior products.

No I will not install their terrible software to remove the CD volume from the flash drive. I don't trust it.

I recommend that everyone avoid the U3 virus and Sandisk.