Block And Unblock Use Of USB Sticks In Windows

USB sticks are one of the main causes for virus infection in a computer system and they works as a medium for spreading virus/malware from one system to another. Therefore, it is very important to control the use of USB sticks on computers, no matter how good your antivirus and firewall are.

The best method to control the use of infected USB drives is to block the computer USB port. It not only helps you prevent infection from viruses but it also helps you prevent theft of sensitive personal data from your computer. Windows USB Blocker is a simple tool designed to switch on and off USB port on computers.

What is great with this tool is that it blocks only USB Storage devices like USB Sticks or Portable Disks, normal USB devices like wireless keyboard/mouse plugs, Bluetooth/wireless/internet dongles will continue to work without any problem.

Windows USB Blocker is a freeware tool and no installation required. With just one click you can instantly Block or Unblock USB on your system. Also, dependencies like JAVA or .NET components aren’t required to run the tool.

Windows USB Blocker works well on Windows XP through Windows 8 and can be downloaded from source here.

Prevent Virus Infection Through USB Disks

No Autorun is tiny tool that not only blocks autorun-related virus and other suspicious files entering into your computer, but it can also prevent viruses entering into your USB disk from your infected computer.

After you run "No Autorun", the program waits for USB disk/flash insertion. Once you insert a USB disk, the program locks autorun.inf file and other related executable files. You can safely open or delete the files from the program.

After you enabled write protect option, any newly connected USB disk will be read-only for your computer. It's useful when your PC is already infected but you don't want to spread the virus.

No Autorun is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 7 (32bit/64bit) and completely clean (according to Virus Total), however check it with your antivirus program. Download No Autorun.

Download Emsisoft Emergency Kit 1.0 and remove any danger hidden on your PC

Emsisoft just released an Emergency Kit, which is a collection of programs to scan and clean infected computers for Viruses, Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Dialers, Keyloggers and other malign programs.

It can be run from a USB drive that means no installation is required, and is able to detect, quarantine and remove more than 4 million known dangers.

Emsisoft Emergency kit has included their popular two applications HiJackFree and BlitzBlank and quite simple to use. Just unzip and double click on a2emergencykit.exe to run the tool.

Emsisoft Emergency Kit (beta) is completely free and can be downloaded (100Mb)at source.