How to Protect Your USB Drive From Autorun Virus
The probability of your USB/pen drive gets infected by autorun viruses is very common, especially having it plugged into public computers.
There are many ways to get around this problem, from easy to not that easy. Of course, I’ll go for the easy one and by easy means using 3rd party free applications. If found these apps to be very useful and here they are…
USB Firewall
The name says it all! This app is your USB firewall. USB Firewall blocks all viruses and any malicious programs that try to execute when you plug in your USB drive into your computer. In addition, it can help you clean up your hard disk partition from autorun application. That being said, it protects not only USB drive but your hard drive.
Autorun Protector
This tiny little tool has a two-way functionality – it protects your computer and also any USB drive (that plugged into the computer) from being infected by autorun virus. It has other features as well like custom protect your autorun.inf file.
USB Cop
USB Cop is your very own police that look after you USB drive. It basically blocks all attempts to execute autorun.inf but you can see and browse the contents of the autorun.inf. This is very helpful to prevent any unwanted application to launch by itself.
So, I hope you guys find this post useful as much as I do. Enjoy!
