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 ???

1. Don’t allow the USB Drive to Auto Play after plug in, cancel it.
   
2. Go to My computer
3. Devices with Removable storage
4. Do not Double click the USB Drive
5. Note the drive letter assigned to USB Drive as mentioned in the Fig
   
6. Here E:
7. Go to --> Start --> Run --> Type E:
   
8. Now you can view the Contents of your USB Drive
9. Copy the necessary files
   
10. Repeat the Process while using USB Drive
    
    
11. Now your Laptop is free from viruses & worms.
12. It is a time consuming process, but no other way to avoid the virus.