Protect your pendrive from auto run.inf virus

Pen drive ruined by auto run.inf ?

 

 

Have this ever happened to you. Have you
been ever infected by auto run.inf. If your
answer is no then you are lucky. Its the most
common virus out there.

Infecting every device that you connect your
external drive of a pen drive.

When you plug in a pen drive to an infected
system the auto run.inf automatically is written
to your pen drive. From there it is transferred
to every device you plug in your device. You
wouldn’t necessarily know if the system to
which you are going to plug-in your pen drive is
infected or not. So how to fool proof your pen
drive from this nasty virus.
Remember this is not a virus removal tool or
anything like that. This just shows you the
technique to resist getting infected.
Just follow this steps and you will never get
auto run.inf virus again.

Have you bought a new pen drive and want to
make it safe against auto run,.inf. Here are the
steps. The same technique works on hard
drives and other external devices like memory
cards.

* Create a new folder in pen drive.

* Rename the newly created folder as auto
run.inf.

* Right click on the folder and click on
properties.

* Mark the folder as read only and save the
changes. That is all you need to protect your
device from the nasty virus. 

Technique used here is simple.

Windows wont allow two files with the same
name. So when the infected system tries to
write auto run.inf onto your device it wont work.
As the file has been made read only it cannot
be altered by the infected system either. So
you are completely protected by the auto
run.inf virus.

Enjoy and must share