Do you know about Panda Security‘s free Panda USB Vaccine utility? Panda Security is a world leader in cloud-based security solutions and they have a great tool to protect your external hard drives, USB drives and other NTFS drives. Did I already mention how it’s free? The Panda USB Vaccine tool is particularly helpful when you want to prevent an infected computer from contaminating your thumb drives or other external devices. The tool “vaccinates” those external drives (by disabling the autorun feature) to keep them from spreading the infection to other devices. Keep in mind, a Lifehacker article notes that Windows 7 no longer has the ability to auto-execute files from a USB flash drive. More information about the USB Vaccine and other free Panda Security products may be found on Panda’s site. But if you’re ready to jump the gun, grab it directly from Download.com.
Feb
12
Disable Autorun to Protect Your External Drive with Panda USB Vaccine
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