{"id":3962,"date":"2009-05-04T03:07:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T03:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2009-10-27T16:24:20","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T16:24:20","slug":"secure-usb-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/secure-usb-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools to Remove or Delete USB Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your friend has shared a USB Drive with you which has got virus in it, he is also having no idea about it and you believe your friend and just start using it. After minutes you find some unexpected surprises in your PC with number of files and folders and some unusual activity on your PC. This clearly means that your PC is effected by a virus which was stored in the USB drive, which is now activated on your computer.<\/p>\n<p>Removing virus from your pen drives is not easy as removing your computer, because sometimes even after making a complete virus scan or else a total format the virus cant be removed.<\/p>\n<p>First step in order to make sure your PC is secure is to find out of your PC is affected by Kinza Virus which passes through the Zip drives and makes the computer totally slow along with no access or restricts you to run TaskManager, Regedit, CMD, Msconfig and makes then close the moment you try to open those.<\/p>\n<p>Download Kinza Virus Removal tool and run it in order to make sure your PC gets rid of it and you can access all the above listed programs and the computer runs quickly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"USB Pen Drives Virus Tools\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/Images\/U\/USB-Virus-Pen-Drives.jpg\" alt=\"USB Pen Drives Virus Tools\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another way how your PC gets attacked from the USB Virus is the Auto Run files on them, whenever you insert a USB Drive into your PC, it starts running a file which may\/may not be infected with virus and you may be at risk directly inserting PC&#8217;s which have got virus. Disable this function in your computer by the following option :<\/p>\n<p>Get Microsoft&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/download.microsoft.com\/download\/f\/c\/a\/fca6767b-9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679\/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe\">Tweak UI<\/a> which is a part of Microsoft powertoys, using which you have the option to Enable\/Disable Autoplay on drives inserted into your PC. You can even setup these fuctions for individual drives located in your computer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/Images\/T\/TweakUI-Microsoft.PNG\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"TweakUI Windows PowerToys\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/Images\/T\/TweakUI-Microsoft.PNG?resize=299%2C241\" alt=\"TweakUI Windows PowerToys\" width=\"299\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are number of other virus which affect the USB drives like Ravmon, New Folder.exe , Orkut is banned etc, which should be removed using any of the following Anti-Virus softwares.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.mcafee.com\/virusInfo\/default.asp?id=vrt\">http:\/\/us.mcafee.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eset.com\/download\/free-virus-remover.php\">http:\/\/www.eset.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/free.avg.com\/virus-removal\">http:\/\/free.avg.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avira.com\/en\/support\/support_downloads.html\">http:\/\/www.avira.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/business\/security_response\/removaltools.jsp\">http:\/\/www.symantec.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avast.com\/eng\/avast-virus-cleaner.html\">http:\/\/www.avast.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com\/site\/Downloads\/browseFreeRemovalTool\">http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaspersky.com\/removaltools\">http:\/\/www.kaspersky.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srnmicro.com\/downloads\/\">http:\/\/www.srnmicro.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.f-secure.com\/download-purchase\/tools.shtml\">http:\/\/www.f-secure.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca.com\/us\/securityadvisor\/newsinfo\/collateral.aspx?cid=40387\">http:\/\/www.ca.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your friend has shared a USB Drive with you which has got virus in it, he is also having no idea about it and you believe your friend and just start using it. After minutes you find some unexpected surprises in your PC with number of files and folders and some unusual activity on your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[665],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3962","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tips-tweaks","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/USB-Virus-Pen-Drives.jpg?fit=420%2C306&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16223,"url":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/usb-flash-drive-errors-formatting-tips\/","url_meta":{"origin":3962,"position":0},"title":"Check USB Flash Drive for Errors, Repair it &amp; Formatting Tips","author":"Yogesh Patel","date":"November 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"USB Flash drives, pen drives and memory card have become must requirement if you have a mobile phone or laptop and has become integral part of data storage and safe means of transport of data from one gadget to other. 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