That our computer is infected with a virus can be a serious
problem, since we can lose information stored on the hard disk or have
confidential information stolen, among other things. The truth is that most
users have total
security in systems to protect themselves from malware, but without a
doubt, one of the main threats to our computers is USB memory drives or pen
drives. For this reason, we are going to show how we can prevent a USB memory
with a virus from infecting your computer.
The use of USB memory or pen drive is something very
widespread for years, but the possibility of getting a pen drive with enough
capacity at a reduced price and the convenience of being able to carry it
everywhere in your pocket, has made its use even greater. However, these types
of devices are still one of the biggest causes of viruses on our computers.
Prevent
Your PC From Getting Infected By Connecting A USB Stick With A Virus
Even if we have a total
security software on the computer, we are going to show an application that
will help us protect ourselves from these types of threats. The software in
question is called USB Threat Protection and we can download it for free from
this same link on the website of its developer. Once USB Threat Protection is
installed on the computer and it is working, we can show its interface by
clicking on the icon with the red and white shield that appears in the system
tray.
On the left side we find a series of options and the main
panel is where the settings, options or information for each of these options
are displayed. The first one we find is Status, which shows us information
related to the security of our equipment. In addition, from the Prevention
against data loss option, which we also have as an option in the main menu, we
have the possibility to tell USB Threat Protection to block the USB access
control on our computer. In this way we prevent other unauthorized people from
copying your data to USB devices.
It also offers the option of blocking USB device control to
prevent unauthorized persons from connecting USB devices to our computer, as
well as stopping any threat that may reach us from these types of devices.
The USB Protection option is the one in charge of
monitoring in real time and protecting our equipment against all threats that
may reach our computer from USB devices. USB Analysis is the option that allows
us to analyze a USB device connected to the computer in search of any type of
threat. From this same option, we also have the possibility to
"vaccinate" our PC to prevent any malware from running automatically
through USB memory sticks.
From the Safe pages menu option, USB Threat Protection
offers us the possibility of browsing safely and even has a tool that
integrates virus Total Security and that helps us verify URLs. Within the Tools
option we have the possibility to make use of a disk space cleaner, repair the
system or show a list of applications that start at the same time as Windows.
And finally, Quarantine is the option where we are going to see all the
insecure files that were deleted, encrypted and taken to this state.
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