Viruses are a real problem that can affect any intelligent technological device, such as computers, portable smartphones and other devices, and pendrives are also affected. That is why today we will teach you How to immunize and protect USB memory from Viruses.
The computer malware is like real viruses, have the ability to spread if appropriate measures are not taken. It is for this reason that it is necessary to have control of our devices and protect them through antivirus and other measures.
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How to immunize and protect USB memory from Viruses
The trick that we bring you today to protect your pendrive is very simple to do and it works very efficiently. The most remarkable thing is that you will not need any program, only with the settings present in Windows you will be able to protect your USB memory, such as the direct access virus.
Format your pendrive
- The first step is to connect the pendrive to your computer. After this you must go to Computer (which is where all the hard drives and storage units appear).
- We recommend making a backup of all the data that you may have stored on your pendrive, saving it anywhere on your computer. Don’t worry, you can save them back to the USB stick at the end of the process.
- Once you are in Computer, you must right-click on the USB drive, when you do this, click on the format option. Several options will appear to format the drive, as we mentioned earlier, this will erase all your data (keep this in mind).
- Click on the file system and select NTFS, in the space for the volume label, you can give the name that seems best to you and as far as format options you can leave it like that, although we recommend disabling the fast format option. After that, click on the start option.
- Wait until the process finishes and click OK and close the Formatting window.
How to immunize and protect USB memory from Viruses (2nd part)
Once you have properly formatted your USB memory, it is time to apply this useful method to protect yourself once and for all from viruses. Read the following guide carefully to free yourself from threats that seek to invade your removable drive.
Protect your pendrive
- After formatting the pendrive, you can apply the method to protect it. The first thing you should do is go to the USB memory and create a new folder, you can give it any name, such as Files.
- Go back to computer, and right click on your drive, this time go to the last option Properties.
- Within properties, locate the security tab. The next thing you should do is click on Edit.
- A new screen will appear, the permissions section . It is necessary to modify these permissions, for this it disables all the options that are in the lower zone (Total Control, Modify, Reading and execution, etc.) except for Reading .
- Click on apply, if a warning screen appears, click on continue, after that you must click on Accept.
- Now go back to your USB memory, right click on the folder you have created and again select Properties. There go to the security option and then edit, just like the previous steps.
- In any case, this time on the contrary, what you should do is enable all the options, once you do, click on apply and then OK.
After the previous method, you will avoid that any file can be created in the root of your pendrive, which is where most viruses go. Still, keep in mind that the only place you can save information is in the folder you created previously.