HOW TO AVOID VIRUS, SPREADING THROUGH USB DRIVE
DON’T GET PANIC ABOUT THE VIRUS ,Try to avoid
- Virus & worms are easily spread by carrying it on a removable medium such as ,USB drive , I-Pod, CD, Floppy
- USB drive is otherwise called as “Flash Drive”,”Thumb Drive” ,”Memory stick” ,”External USB Hard Disk”.
- Even though we have very good Antivirus , New Viruses are one step Ahead than Antivirus
- We cannot restrict USB Drive , but we can avoid spreading of virus & worms through USB Drive.
- So we have to be little bit careful while working with USB Drive,some precautionary steps are follows
How to avoid ???
- Don’t allow the USB Drive to Auto Play after plug in, cancel it.
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- Go to My computer
- Devices with Removable storage
- Do not Double click the USB Drive
- Note the drive letter assigned to USB Drive as mentioned in the Fig
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- Here E:
- Go to --> Start --> Run --> Type E:
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- Now you can view the Contents of your USB Drive
- Copy the necessary files
- Repeat the Process while using USB Drive
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- Now your Laptop is free from viruses & worms.
- It is a time consuming process, but no other way to avoid the virus.
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