Hi freinds,

How to prevent your PEN drive from VIRUS

Friends many of your PC/laptop's normally gets virus because of Pen Drives or US
B 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 mostl
y by the Pen Drives . In such a case what can you do to prevent your PC from get
ting 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 Driveor USB drive to your computer .
Now a dialogue window will popup asking you to choose among the options as shown
in the follwing 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.exeor 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 delfilename ( E.g del autorun.i
nf ) .
That's it . Now just scan your USB drive with the anti virus you have to ensure
that you made your Pen Drivefree of Virus .

Thanks and Regards,

Sarath M.