Pen drive virus!!

Pen drive virus is d latest menace that is attacking every system. Here are some of the precautionary steps you can take to get rid of this pen drive phobia. Usually most of the antivirus finds most of the viruses, but u can be completely sure if u follow these steps..

1) The main reason why 'virus makers' target pen drive viruses is that it can be used to auto run a file when u double-click it. There will be a file named 'autorun.inf' in the pen drive which runs automatically when u double click.

Disable autorun:

• Open toStart >> Run and type“gpedit.msc” (without quotes) and press enter. This will open Group policy editor.
• Browse to Administrative templates >> System >> double click on Turn off Autoplay click on Enabled and Under Settings >> Select All Drives in the drop down and click OK.

2) Now that u've disabled autorun, no virus wil enter ur pc on double click. The next step is to clear all viruses.

• Open the pen drive, press ctrl+F to open d search dialog.
• Select "All files and folders".
• In the "more advanced options", check "Search hidden files and folders".
• Type *.exe in the first text box.
• It will display all the executable files inside the pen drive if any.
• Delete all the files which have a folder icon or word file icon. These files are surely virus contatining exe files.

3) These steps mostly clear out 90% of the pen drive viruses. U will need an antivirus to fully protect ur computer.

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