Comments on: Disable USB Autorun to Save PC from USB Viruses

By: maxrexfax

maxrexfax — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:23:00 +0000

To stop USB virus- 1 unmount HDD, 2 turn on view of hidden files, 3 mount usb drive and check it. How to do it? Top secret!

By: Bijan

Bijan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:53:50 +0000

it works nicely

By: Kamlesh

Kamlesh — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:54:50 +0000

Thanks a lot for your reply. I would definitely search for it and see if I can get rid of this problem. Once again, thanks.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:06:29 +0000

Hi,
You can most probably try to remove if its something from the startup or some file that went missing (reinstalling to which that file belongs).
Exact Google search will lead you to results where people posted about the exact same thing and hopefully you can find a solution from there.

But sometimes, one has to live with them. I don’t use Windows anymore, shifted to Ubuntu long time back.

By: Kamlesh Acharya S.

Kamlesh Acharya S. — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:01:40 +0000

Ashfame I saw ur blog today, it was really helpful. Indeed, I would like to get one more suggestion from you. I am facing a problem everytime I log into my computer showing an error msg “windows cannot find ‘and.’…I believe this has been generated since I used my friend’s pendrive. Can you suggest how to overcome this.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:09:02 +0000

Hi Lisa,

Try this – http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-disable-modprobe-loading-of-usb-storage-driver/

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:07:05 +0000

hey ashish… i want to disable pen drive on linux operating system.
how do i do that..
plz help me.

By: aggy100

aggy100 — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 06:13:34 +0000

This is an useful article . I was really having a hard time with these USB viruses. They screw me a lot. I couldnt help plugging in different USB’s also . that is part of the work . anyways thanx dude.
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By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:54:25 +0000

Thanks,

you can also check this out

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By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:10:28 +0000

Hi,

Surely we can change it but I doubt if it has something to do with your plug and play device. May be the autorun tries to start the installation of its drivers and application.

Read this comment above.

Decide what you want to do and enter the value in registry as shown in the post.

Hope that helps!

By: Underscore

Underscore — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:14:36 +0000

Hi Ashish,
Is there a way we can undo this?? I used the .reg file you have here. IT works great but my plug and play internet doesnt work. Do you think it is related?

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:48:04 +0000

Never heard of anything like that. Try some googling :/

By: eric b

eric b — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:40:22 +0000

Is there a way to password prompt when a USB device is installed once I disable the autorun for all users/groups.

By: fred

fred — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:03:57 +0000

Thanks for your answer, i think the key is dead..that’s all. i should have try with anotherone before posting.
Thanks.

By: Ashfame

Ashfame — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:41:40 +0000

You are having a system specific issue. Are you sure you did the same thing explained in the post and not anything else?