Disable autorun by default under Windows to avoid infections through your removable drives: USB flash drives, external hard drives, MP3 players, cards, digital cameras, etc. ...
Why
- When connected to a PC, the infection is transmitted via removable drives such as cookies!
- Here are some examples:
- AdobeR.exe
- RavMon.exe
- Host.exe
- Svchost.exe
- ise32.exe.
- Copy.exe
- MS32DLL.dll.vbs
Solution
- Create a .reg file
- Open Notepad and copy/paste the following code:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000ff
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoDriveTypeAutoRun"=dword:000000ff
- Name it as: autorun_disable.reg
- Double-click the file to run. You will receive a message asking if you want to add data in the registry.
- Click Yes to allow the change.
- Restart the system for the changes to take effect