How to prevent pen drive from getting infected with Virus ?

          Friends many of your PC/laptop's normally gets virus because of Pen Drives or USB devices (Even PC's who are not connected to network ). Some Virus like Ravmon Virus , Heap41a worm which are not detected by anti virus normally spreads mostly by the Pen Drives . In such a case what can you do to prevent your PC from getting infected with Virus that spreads through USB devices or Pen Drives ?

You can protect your PC by just following the simple steps below . It won't take much time.

• Connect your Pen Drive or USB drive to your computer .


• Now a dialogue window will popup asking you to choose among the options as shown in the figure.


• Don't choose any of them , Just simply click Cancel .


• Now go to Start--> Run and type cmd to open the Command Promt window .


• Now go to My Computer and Check the Drive letter of your USB drive or Pen Drive. ( E.g. If it is written Kingston (I , then I: will be the drive letter .)


• In the Command Window ( cmd ) , type the drive letter: and Hit Enter .


• Now type dir/w/o/a/p and Hit Enter.


• You will get a list of files . In the list , search if anyone of the following do exist .

1. Autorun.inf


2. New Folder.exe


3. Bha.vbs


4. Iexplore.vbs


5. Info.exe


6. New_Folder.exe


7. Ravmon.exe


8. RVHost.exe or any other files with .exe Extension(exe files like Folder icon) .

• If you find any one of the files above , Run the command attrib -h -r -s -a *.* and Hit Enter.


• Now Delete each File using the following Command del filename ( E.g del autorun.inf ) .


• That's it . Now just scan your USB drive with the anti virus you have to ensure that you made your Pen Drive free of Virus .

Now Unplug your Pen Drive or USB device and Plug it again to your Laptop/PC . Before removing your Pen Drive from others Computer , Don't forget to search for .exe files using the Windows search and remove them .

Source: http://softietips.blogspot.com/2010/08/how-to-prevent-pen-drive-from-getting.html