Protecting the flash drive - how to secure?

Every computer owner, and not only, now has several USB-flash drives in stock. They are very convenient drives and repositories of the most diverse information, already replacing floppy disks and gradually replacing their competitors - disks. Along with this, many viruses and other pests appeared, infecting them and transferring them from one computer device to another. Therefore, there is a primary task - to protect the flash drive from various malware.

Imagine that your USB-carrier became a carrier of "infection". Such a repository of information can bring very big trouble to its owner, and not only to him. If this person is an active user of a computer, the Internet, constantly exchanging data with colleagues and friends, it's hard to even imagine what one flash stick can do. Infection will begin to spread, in fact, in geometric progression. And after some time will reach the size of the epidemic, such as autorun, which takes place now all over the world.

How to protect a USB flash drive from viruses, given that it's easy to get infected? It is only worthwhile in an infected device to visit any of the miniature drives: flash card, flash drive or disk - and the process has started.

In any case, before dealing with this issue, it is necessary to understand why such a "bjaka" occurs. What happens when you connect such a small device to your computer or laptop? In the latest operating systems, the display prompts you to open or start. That's when the trouble happens. You do not even need to click OK on the request. The virus file starts, copies itself to system folders and startup. The computer starts a cheerful life: it turns on, off, reboots 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. It does not delete information, and so it overwrites it, that it is lost forever. In addition, such malware is often skipped by antivirus programs. Protecting the flash drive - only it can prevent similar problems.

Proceeding from the fact that the infection is introduced into the autoloading of mini-storages, the main way to protect against it is to install special programs that prevent the work of self-starting viruses from it. Such programs, in addition, immunize inserted into the computer USB-media from the viruses that are on it. Thus, and carried out protection from viruses on the flash drive.

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 a comprehensive anti-virus protection, which will reduce the chance of catching the infection.

You can also name a couple of programs that will help to accomplish what is called the protection of a flash drive. Of the free - the latest version of Antirun 2.4, a paid counterpart - Trustport USB Antivirus. Russian users enjoy the popularity of USB Disk Security, but it is paid.

A reliable protection for the flash drive will be provided if you disable its autorun. To do this, there are also special programs, for example Panda USB Vaccine 1.0.1.4.