Every computer owner, and not only now, has several USB flash drives in stock. They are very convenient drives and storages of a wide variety of information, already displacing diskettes and gradually displacing their competitors - disks. Along with this, a lot of viruses and other pests have appeared that infect them and are transferred from one computer device to another. Therefore, there is a priority task - protecting the flash drive from various malware.
Imagine that your USB drive has become the carrier of the "infection." Such a repository of information can cause very big troubles to its owner, and not only to him. If this person is an active user of a computer, the Internet, constantly exchanges data with colleagues, friends, it is difficult to even guess what one such flash drive can do. The infection will begin to spread, in fact,
exponentially. And after some time it will reach the size of an epidemic, such as autorun, which is taking place all over the world now.
How to protect a USB flash drive from viruses, given that it is very easy to get infected? One only needs to visit any of the tiny drives in the infected device: a flash card, flash drive or disk - and the process has begun.
In any case, before dealing with this issue, it is necessary to understand why such a “byak” occurs. What happens when you connect such a small device to your computer or laptop? In recent operating systems, the display prompts you to open or start. This is where the trouble happens. It is not even necessary to click OK on the request. A virus file is launched, copies itself to the system folders and startup. A fun life begins on the computer: it turns on, off, reboots by itself, some programs do not work, files do not open, antivirus does not start, and much more.
PENETRATOR is one of the most dangerous viruses. He does not delete information, but overwrites it so that it is lost forever. In addition, such malware is often skipped by antivirus programs. Flash drive protection - only it can prevent such problems.
Based on the fact that the infection is introduced into the startup of mini-vaults, the main way to protect against it is to install special programs that prevent the operation of self-starting viruses from it. Such programs, in addition, immunize the USB drive inserted into the computer against viruses present on it. Thus, protection against viruses on a flash drive is carried out.
But in computer security, as in medicine, the most important thing is prevention. Our devices are most often infected from the Internet, where we spend a lot of time. Therefore, they need to install comprehensive anti-virus protection, which will reduce the likelihood of catching the infection.
You can name a couple of programs that will help to fulfill what is called flash drive protection. Of the free ones - the latest version of Antirun 2.4, the paid analogue is Trustport USB Antivirus. Among Russian users, USB Disk Security is popular, but it is paid.
Reliable protection of the flash drive will be provided if you disable its autorun. There are also special programs for this, for example Panda USB Vaccine 1.0.1.4.