[solved] Help needed. protection against USB drives viruses
July 25th, 2016
We use Win7 prof as OS and various antivirus and different PC like Symantec and Quick heal and many free antiviruses too.
Edit : I want to add that PCs in concern are used by various no of persons. They all uses Pen drives too.
I hope you understand my problem and needs. Please ask anything if needed.
Comodo Pro will grab any threat from USB drive, which protection wise is good but an absolute nightmare when trying to move anything with a keygen etc between PC’s, quite often find files missing from USB only to find them tucked up safe and warm in quarantine.
Found what looks like a handy article, check it out:
10 Tools to Protect Computer from Infected USB Flash Drives
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/tools-to-protect-computer-from-infected-usb-drives/
Is there a way so that autorun.inf gets deleted automatically just after plugging in USB drive. Its the source for most trouble.
You can disable unwanted program execution using GPMChttp://www.mechbgon.com/srp/
To protect the computers use program called deep freeze. http://www.faronics.com/en-uk/products/deep-freeze/standard/?
Disable autorun, and use an anti-virus solution with realtime protection that updates and installs definitions several times per day (usually Corporate versions).
Comodo Pro will grab any threat from USB drive, which protection wise is good but an absolute nightmare when trying to move anything with a keygen etc between PC’s, quite often find files missing from USB only to find them tucked up safe and warm in quarantine.Yes true mate. paranoid mode is really poranoid. i’ll use some USB specific solution though. I use Comodo in my personal PC.
Found what looks like a handy article, check it out:
10 Tools to Protect Computer from Infected USB Flash Drives
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/tools-to-protect-computer-from-infected-usb-drives/Thanks mate. very useful I did looked at them and found some good solutions.
You can disable unwanted program execution using GPMChttp://www.mechbgon.com/srp/Thanks mate very useful info. I will see if I can implement it with other solutions
The problem as seems to me is antivirus security. Symantec End Point Protection don’t recognize any pen drive threats and i can’t replace the anti virus security with any other so I have to find other solutions.
You need something like this:
USB Disk Security
*100% protection against any malicious programs via USB storage
*The best solution to protect offline computer
*The world's fastest and smallest antivirus software
*100% compatible with all software
*Simple to use[RS+3] USB Disk Security 6.2.0.18. Incl. Keygen-TeamREPT
http://www.google.com?t=15528520&highlight=USB Disk Security v 6.1.0.432 New Registered Version
http://www.google.com?t=13697367&highlight=I used to use this tool, it is powerful.
About Antivirus, Avira is my hero.
I too use it at home and likes the PC vaccination feature. But some how if my PC is infected it becomes useless. I mean it can do nothing if PC itself is infected on which it is installed. Virus will get added to pen drive automatically.
Most software ( even antivirus ) don’t work properly, if your PC infected.
So at first you should clean ( run complete scan after updating your antivirus ) your PC then use that tool to protect it.
If you your antivirus infected also, try online virus scanner here:
Free Online Virus Scanner
http://www.google.com?t=15818407&highlight=I have installed USB Disk Security and I think it will do the job
I prefer Panda usb vaccine for protection against usb virus. It is not an anti virus. It just disable the autorun.inf file and uses a very little system resource.
USB Disk security did same. It made autorun.inf file useless
any has a crack