Sunday, 30 June 2013

How to check USB drives from spreading viruses?

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Sometimes being unaware of the USB virus-or malware-infection, you may put your computer security at stake. The AutoPlay feature of the Windows, executes the file or program stored on your device, without asking for permission, and that may bring havoc on the operating system as well as the confidential data stored on the machine. Thus, you need to disable the AutoPlay feature to deter such security breaching.

Recommended for: Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate, or any non-home Windows version

Solution:

Here is how-to:

1. Click “Start,” click “Run,” and enter “gpedit.msc” to execute Group Policy Editor.

2. For Windows XP: Computer Configuration>Administrative Templates>System.

For Windows Vista: Computer Configuration>Windows Components> AutoPlay Policies.

3. Find “Turn Off AutoPlay” in the right-hand pane and double-click it.

4. Choose “Enabled and set it for All drives.”

For other Windows version:

1. Click “Start>Run,” and type “regedit.”

2. Navigate to “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\

CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.”

3. Double-click “NoDriveTypeAutoRun” in the right-hand pane and set its value to “hexadecimal FF.”

Congrats! You have successfully turned off AutoPlay feature to check viruses that might spread through USB. For further help, contact Techvedic’s computer helpdesk, as per below contact-detail:

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