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Panda Security just released a beta version of security sofware , which is developing to prevent computer not to get virus attack from USB devices  . Previously I was shared some USB antivirus for you. Those USB antivirus works by scanning, detected, then delete. But Panda USB Vaccine is totally different,  it’s work by disable the autorun feature from your computer, and also able to create a write protected autorun.inf dump file on your flash drive. So your computer won’t  get infect by USB devices, and your flash drive will be protected by the write-protected autorun.inf, and wont be able to overwrite by those viruses, you can’t even delete it.

Panda Research USB Vaccine  - 1.0.0.19 beta

Panda USB Vaccine is a free solution designed to protect against this threat. It offers a double layer of preventive protection, allowing users to disable the AutoRun feature on computers as well as on USB drives and other devices:Vaccine for computers: This is a ‘vaccine’ for computers to prevent any AutoRun file from running, regardless of whether the device (memory stick, CD, etc.) is infected or not.Vaccine for USB devices: This is a ‘vaccine’ for removable USB devices, preventing the AutoRun file from becoming a source of infection. The tool disables this file so it cannot be read, modified or replaced by malicious code.This is a very useful tool as there is no simple way of disabling the AutoRun feature in Windows. This provides users with a simple way of disabling this feature, offering a high degree of protection against infections from removable drives and devices.

How to make it works

1. Download and unzip compressed file, you will get a executable file ” USBVaccine.exe”
2. I recommend you to put “USBVaccine.exe” into :/Programs Files/ (a more secured place to avoid accidentally delete or move) because we will have to make a shortcut for it.
3. Launch the program by double click on it.
4. You should vaccinate your computer at first. Click Vaccinate Computer. You will see ” Computer Vaccinated” on the next.
5. Plug-in all your USB flash drives and click Vaccinate USB one by one.
6. To let Panda USB Vaccine vaccinate your new whenever you plug-in a new flash drive, you will need to launch Panda USB Vaccine manually. Because of this beta version, it doesn’t have autorun at startup feature, so the only way is to manually create a shortcut into startup folder. To do so, Go to where you place Panda USB Vaccine.exe , right click it and select Create Shortcut. Go it’s properties, add /resident into the text box of  Target. Refer to snapshot below: Place the shortcut into Start menu - All Programs - Startup (Double Click it to open the folder on WinXP, or right click it select explore on Vista). Everytime when you startup your windows, you will see this  icon appeared on your system tray.

[ Download Panda Research USB Vaccine 1.0.0.19 beta ]