Prevent computer virus from USB drive
Most of the computer viruses infection on my PC are from USB drive. It is hard to avoid plugging-in your USB drive in your friends’ computers. The moment you plug the device in, a virus copied itself on to the USB drive. Then you bring the virus back to your computer. It is very annoying, sometime you cannot find any anti-virus that can fix the problem. Here is two things I do to protect my computer:
Disable AutoPlay: It is always annoying when you plug a USB drive in the computer start to ask you what to do with it. The moment you choose the wrong option, the virus has the opportunity to execute and copy its self on to you computer. Here’s is a registry tweak to disable AutoPlay:
- Navigate registry editor to: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer (You can start the registry editor tool by Start=Run=regedit)
- Create a DWORD named NoDriveTypeAutoRun
- Set Value to 000000FF
- Do not double-click on the drive in My Computer: Instead of double click on a drive to see its content, right-click on the drive and select explore.
It is better to prevent and to fix the problem. I find the two tricks above help save me a lot of time and trouble of losing important files and having to reinstall everything on my computer.
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