Hi! friends! we all know that it's the easiest to transfer virus from one computer to another. willingly or unwillingly!At lest willingly 4 me! but you can protect yourselves from these threats by taking a simple steps.
First of all:
1. Do you notice the small window that pop ups whenever you insert a USB stick into ur drive? With the options of scanning, playing media and opening the USB etc.
This pop is known as autorun. and it helps me a lot to spread virus.
How does Auto play Works:
If the victim gets this autorun window and the stick is infected with a virus or a keylogger, then they start functioning automatically without the need to click on them. SO u can guess what threat its to you.
How to Stop autorun from being executed:
Now here's the simplest and rarest trick that most people don't know about. Just press and hold SHIFT key when u insert any USB drive, and the autorun will not be executed.
Step 2 to protect yourself:
Whenever you insert a USB drive ALWAYS scan it with a antivirus before opening ! this is a must-do task for all computer users!
Step3:
After disabling autorun and scanning the USB it's always better to Browse To the USB drive rather than to open it by double clicking it!
HOW TO BROWSE:
Go to my-computer, look at the menu bar then click on Folders. And then look at the left side of the screen. and then select ur USB drive from here!
Hope it was usefull! please leave comments!
First of all:
1. Do you notice the small window that pop ups whenever you insert a USB stick into ur drive? With the options of scanning, playing media and opening the USB etc.
This pop is known as autorun. and it helps me a lot to spread virus.
How does Auto play Works:
If the victim gets this autorun window and the stick is infected with a virus or a keylogger, then they start functioning automatically without the need to click on them. SO u can guess what threat its to you.
How to Stop autorun from being executed:
Now here's the simplest and rarest trick that most people don't know about. Just press and hold SHIFT key when u insert any USB drive, and the autorun will not be executed.
Step 2 to protect yourself:
Whenever you insert a USB drive ALWAYS scan it with a antivirus before opening ! this is a must-do task for all computer users!
Step3:
After disabling autorun and scanning the USB it's always better to Browse To the USB drive rather than to open it by double clicking it!
HOW TO BROWSE:
Go to my-computer, look at the menu bar then click on Folders. And then look at the left side of the screen. and then select ur USB drive from here!
Hope it was usefull! please leave comments!
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