How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS

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By RITZ



Friends many of your PC/laptop's normally gets virus because of Pen Drives or USB devices (Even PC's who are not connected to network ). Some Virus like Ravmon Virus , Heap41a worm which are not detected by anti virus normally spreads mostly by the Pen Drives . In such a case what can you do to prevent your PC from getting infected with Virus that spreads through USB devices or Pen Drives ?

You can protect your PC by just following the simple steps below . It won't take much time.

* Connect your Pen Drive or USB drive to your computer .

* Now a dialogue window will popup asking you to choose among the options as shown in the figure. Don't choose any of them , Just simply click Cancel.

*Now go to Start--> Run and type cmd to open the Command Prompt window .

*Now go to My Computer and Check the Drive letter of your USB drive or Pen Drive. ( E.g. If it is written Kingston (I:) , then I: will be the drive letter .)

*In the Command Window ( cmd ) , type the drive letter: and Hit Enter .

*Now type dir/w/o/a/p and Hit Enter

*You will get a list of files . In the list , search if anyone of the following do exist

* 1. Autorun.inf

* 2. New Folder.exe

* 3. Bha.vbs

* 4. Iexplore.vbs

* 5. Info.exe

* 6. New_Folder.exe

* 7. Ravmon.exe

* 8. RVHost.exe or any other files with .exe Extension .

* * If you find any one of the files above , Run the command attrib -h -r -s -a *.* and Hit Enter.

* Now Delete each File using the following Command del filename ( E.g del autorun.inf ) .

* That's it . Now just scan your USB drive with the anti virus you have to ensure that you made your Pen Drive free of Virus .

Hi Frnds...

This virus is very very common now... To know whether ur system is infected just type C:\heap41a in the address bar...

if there is a folder named heap41a, then ur system is infected...

(AVAST antivirus is the best solution for this worm...) symantec also works.

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Adjust  says:
17 months ago

This hub has a lot of useful information’s. Thanks Ritz

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guidebaba  says:
17 months ago

Great Info. Thanks for sharing.

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tulwave  says:
17 months ago

I'm so behind in technology. I still write down things on paper so I can type them into notepad. Maybe I'll soon be writing with a pen drive (lol)). I learn a lot from these Hubs and this one will be a great resource. I just got my first laptop and have been wondering about all the gizmos and gadgets I see people with.

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RITZ  says:
17 months ago

thanks so much for your comments...its really a nice feeling when you are appreciated for your work....

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sukkran  says:
13 months ago

hi, thks for the information and tips. nice work.

sukkran

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Abhishek87  says:
10 months ago

Great hub, this CMD trick is something not people know, apart from engineers, its great that you shared it.

Btw, I had a question. My PC already has a virus, don't know the name (the one that makes the option of Folder Options in Tools disappear). Now how do I get rid of it? I am thinking of formatting it and then scanning it top to bottom. Also, what Antivirus should i use, tried AVG, its useless. I need something thats light and doesn't slow down the system.

Thanks a lot.

TheGod  says:
9 months ago

Nice copy paste of someone else article .. keep it up...

proc420  says:
5 months ago

you should use mcafee or quickheal antivirus or total protection/security

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Cheeky Girl  says:
4 weeks ago

Good Hub! If you have Norton's AntiVirus, get it to scan your connected USB Disk and it will to either a quick scan or thorough scan, and it will either quarentine or vanquish anything it finds. Works for me.

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