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Posted by James Matthews on July 23, 2007, 2:07 am
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> USB storage devices have gained popularity nowadays. However, they are
> always host to viruses, Trojans, hacker toolkits, worms and other
> kinds of malicious programs. For example, when you plug your USB disk
> into a computer that is infected by viruses, these viruses will enter
> into your USB disk by creating a file named AUTORUN.INF and malicious
> programs on the disk. After that, when you use the USB disk in another
> computer, the one will be at risk. Threats from USB storage devices to
> computers have been a huge security risk for businesses and
> individuals. So, how should we protect against threats from USB
> storage devices? Well, here are some suggestions.
> 1. Disable AUTORUN in the registry and remove the AUTORUN.INF file
> manually. The AUTORUN.INF file is a text file located in the root
> directory. It enables malicious programs to automatically run when the
> USB storage device is plugged into a computer. Therefore, many
> instructions online suggest you to disable AUTORUN in the registry and
> delete the AUTORUN.INF file and the malicious programs manually. But
> we are not familiar with the registry and AUTORUN files.
> 2. Scan the removable storage media by certain antivirus software
> whenever it is plugged into a computer. However, antivirus software is
> always based on the database of signature and can't find new malicious
> programs. What is more, scanning USB disk is time consuming.
> 3. Choose the software Removable Storage Guard to help you turn the
> AUTORUN off and remove all the threats from your USB storage device
> quickly and exactly by its new technology. You needn't worry about
> threats from USB storage as soon as you install the software.
> You can find the software on http://www.download.com
> Download link:
>
http://www.download.com/Removable-Storage-Guard/3000-2239_4-10708709.html?tag=lst-0-2
> http://www.tucows.com/software_detail.html?id=513961
>
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