These are alternative steps to the article found HERE.
The StopSign Support
team is constantly gleaning information on how to fully protect you and
your computer from virus threats. When our team identifies viable
protection measures, we like to share that information with our users.
More
and more people are using removable "flash" type drives. As more
people use them, they become a greater target for viruses and other
malicious threats. TREND MIRCO has developed steps to help protect your removable drive.
These steps will have you create non-writable folders with names that are commonly used to transport viruses onto your drive.
1. Create 5 new folders in the root directory (not inside a folder) of the removable disk.
a. Double Click the removable drive icon in My Computer.
b. Right Click a blank file area (the area where you see file names.)
c. From the pop up list CHOOSE NEW > FOLDER
d. Right click the New Folder icon that appears and CHOOSE RENAME.
The five folder names should be: autorun.inf recycle recycler recycled setup
2. Resetting the Permissions on each folder
a. Open the Command Prompt: START > ALL PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES >
COMMAND PROMPT
b. Change the prompt to reflect the drive letter associated with your removable drive
(as seen in My Computer.)
If the drive letter is "F" - at the command prompt, type F:
c. Type the following at the command prompt:
attrib autorun.inf /s /d -a +s +r PRESS ENTER
attrib recycle /s /d -a +s +r PRESS ENTER
attrib recycler /s /d -a +s +r PRESS ENTER
attrib recycled /s /d -a +s +r PRESS ENTER
attrib setup /s /d -a +s +r PRESS ENTER
d. Type the following at the command prompt:
cacls autorun.inf /c /d adminstrators
Press Y and PRESS ENTER when the message "Are you sure (Y/N)" appears.
cacls recycle /c /d adminstrators
Press Y and PRESS ENTER when the message "Are you sure (Y/N)" appears.
cacls recycler /c /d adminstrators
Press Y and PRESS ENTER when the message "Are you sure (Y/N)" appears.
cacls recycled /c /d adminstrators
Press Y and PRESS ENTER when the message "Are you sure (Y/N)" appears.
cacls setup /c /d adminstrators
Press Y and PRESS ENTER when the message "Are you sure (Y/N)" appears.
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