Everyone know that USB threats (Malware, Trojan, Virus etc....) is very harmful programe for computer users. They overspread very quickly in your PC and corrupting your personal data and imported things. So today I'll tell you how to protect your PC form USB threats.
Turn off “autorun” in Windows
In Windows there is good feature called Autorun which automatically initiates inserted USB or CD/DVD.
If the Autorun feature is enabled the virus program uses it to infect you computer. It is common that most of the viruses spread from removable drives through this function "autorun".
So now we are going to turn off "autorun" feature in windows.
Go to this location : Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\AutoPlay
(copy and paste for windows 7 and 8 )
Select Take No Action to all drives.
Scan USB devices before opening it
It’s a good idea to scan usb devices with updated antivirus software's(Norton, Kaspersky, AVG, Avast) before opening them. All most all antivirus software’s can clean usb threats. It is also recommended to use some usb firewall like autorun eater etc.., which help you to clean some of the common autorun virus’s.
In some times virus’s are created through damaged documents and the damaged documents can in turn damage other files in your USB device.
So always remove your USB devices safely using the Safely Remove Hardware
feature of Windows OS.
So always remove your USB devices safely using the Safely Remove Hardware
feature of Windows OS.
I hope this information will help you to protect your PC from USB threats.
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