Comments on: 10 Practical Ways to Prevent USB-Borne Virus Infection http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/ tech updates, tech tips, free software, blogging, photo editing Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ashish http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-2731 Ashish Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:17:51 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-2731 Take a look at this one *ttp://www.skipser.toolsbysk.com/p/96/p/general/usb-condoms-to-protect-pcs-from-virus-infections.html Take a look at this one

*ttp://www.skipser.toolsbysk.com/p/96/p/general/usb-condoms-to-protect-pcs-from-virus-infections.html

]]> By: Liam Price http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-2663 Liam Price Mon, 04 Oct 2010 16:01:25 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-2663 Kaspersky and Avast are both great antiviruses and anti-malware~-; Kaspersky and Avast are both great antiviruses and anti-malware~-;

]]> By: aruna http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-2393 aruna Tue, 04 May 2010 04:43:28 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-2393 you can also use a free tool PenyuUSB to block and unblock usb using password. can download at http://www.penyuradius.com you can also use a free tool PenyuUSB to block and unblock usb using password. can download at http://www.penyuradius.com

]]> By: Harshal http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1992 Harshal Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:35:50 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1992 This little program may also be useful: ARIAD: http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/ariad/ It prevents inserted USB sticks from executing AUTORUN.INF This little program may also be useful:
ARIAD: http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/ariad/
It prevents inserted USB sticks from executing AUTORUN.INF

]]> By: digitalpbk http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1986 digitalpbk Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:41:36 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1986 does any one have an open source application to defend viruses ? does any one have an open source application to defend viruses ?

]]> By: Don’t Let Thumb Drives Be an Achilles’ Heel - Network Sentry http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1368 Don’t Let Thumb Drives Be an Achilles’ Heel - Network Sentry Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:43:17 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1368 [...] This list of security steps at TechMalaya covers some of the same ground, but is worth a look because much of the information is not duplicative. Among the suggestions, the writer counsels users to disable autorun; install a USB firewall; buy a drive with a read-only switch (and, if a drive without such a switch already is owned, hack the registry to prevent write access); install and regularly update ClamWin portable antivirus and USBVirusScan; and make sure that the antivirus automatically scans all locally connected drives. Sphere: Related Content [...]

[...] This list of security steps at TechMalaya covers some of the same ground, but is worth a look because much of the information is not duplicative. Among the suggestions, the writer counsels users to disable autorun; install a USB firewall; buy a drive with a read-only switch (and, if a drive without such a switch already is owned, hack the registry to prevent write access); install and regularly update ClamWin portable antivirus and USBVirusScan; and make sure that the antivirus automatically scans all locally connected drives. Sphere: Related Content [...]

]]> By: How to Encrypt Your Email with GnuPG in Windows Part 1 - WinPT http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1228 How to Encrypt Your Email with GnuPG in Windows Part 1 - WinPT Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:22:30 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1228 [...] are accidentally deleted. Save the pubring.gpg and secring.gpg to somewhere you think safe - in a portable USB drive [...]

[...] are accidentally deleted. Save the pubring.gpg and secring.gpg to somewhere you think safe – in a portable USB drive [...]

]]> By: FUKKAD http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1158 FUKKAD Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:55:30 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1158 yeah using USB drives has become a way of computing but lets face it and be secure. yeah using USB drives has become a way of computing but lets face it and be secure.

]]> By: Syahid A. http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1157 Syahid A. Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:28:20 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1157 @Ghost: Heh, that is another good alternative. :D @Ghost: Heh, that is another good alternative. :D

]]> By: Ghost|BOFH http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/protect-usb-drive-from-virus/#comment-1154 Ghost|BOFH Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:46:22 +0000 http://www.techmalaya.com/2008/05/27/10-practical-ways-to-prevent-usb-borne-virus-infection/#comment-1154 Awesome tips! You missed the obvious one though - Install Ubuntu or other form of Linux. Yeah, that pretty much takes care of that whole pesky virus issue. Awesome tips! You missed the obvious one though – Install Ubuntu or other form of Linux.

Yeah, that pretty much takes care of that whole pesky virus issue.

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