Can you Stop your PEN DRIVE'S from getting unwanted files???? "NO" is your answer if i'm not wrong. We are living in a busy world where we hate to carry bunch of papers or files containing data , instead we store data by copying them in Pendrive's . Well !!! actually its a myth saying that most of the world's corporate citizen's prefer Pendrive's as a source to carry or save data instead of saving it on their system's . Sometimes there comes a situation that you must take some data from your fellow being's and you have no idea how safe is your Pendrive after giving it to them .
Mark my words telling you that none of you are aware about the viruses entering into your PC's and Laptop's from your Pendrive's .Sometime's your system gets into a danger of being destroyed.
SO ... If you have a desire to
protect your USB from getting unwanted files i.e. virus, worm, spy, Trojan etc
than you are at the right place reading this .
What I’m gonna tell you is that how to setup your registry
to end a computer from saving files to your USB (It’ll block all of them)
If you contain windows XP with SP2, widows 7 then you can
immobilize the writing option to USB drives. This trick is very helpful if you have
virus in your computer and desire to copy files from a USB Drive but don’t
desire to transfer virus to the USB. Follow the given steps to disable the USB
writing option:
TO TURN ON THE DEFENCE:
Open notepad and copy and paste the following:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies]
“WriteProtect”=dword:00000001
Now keep the file with the extension “.reg”.
Click on the file you presently saved. In the pop-up window
chose YES and then OK.
That’s it your USB is now sheltered
TO TURN THE DEFENCE OFF:
Open notepad and copy and paste the following:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlStorageDevicePolicies]
“WriteProtect”=dword:00000000
Now put aside the file with the extension “.reg”.
Click on the file you presently saved. In the pop-up window
click YES and then OK.
That’s it your defense is now disabled.
CONCLUSION:
Finally its you who has to decide to be secure because even students and high school graduates have the fear of sharing their Pendrive's with their buddies . They run hours and hours of scan in their PC's to get rid of the viruses in their Pendrive's and some give - up by formatting their Pendrive's . So by following the above trick your can be safe with your Pendrive's and there are 2 ways of using them .........
BULLET ------- It is prone to viruses and malware attack's if you are not secure with it ....
CHOCOLATE-----It is secure and you feel free to use it as you wish ..........
Don't be lazy , just be crazy by choosing your Pendrive to be as a Bullet or a Chocolate .
This is just written to create awareness , but not to hurt anyone .
-Bhaskar
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