The best way to prevent USB flash drive viruses from transferring to your device

Viruses and malware are like a nightmare for any computer user, regardless of their proficiency and experience. Everyone strives to protect their computer or device from such harmful programs that can destroy their data and projects. Whether these devices are personal, belonging to individuals or institutions and companies, due to the significant moral and material loss they represent. Whether individuals or companies, everyone always seeks to obtain the best antivirus programs and protection methods, especially after the spread of data transfer and file transfer media such as USB flash drives and discs, and other data transfer tools. The danger lies in the transfer tools as they also serve as a source of virus transfer alongside data, as they move from one computer to another and from source to new source and so on.

Therefore, many programs and tools to protect flash drives and other data transfer and copying tools have emerged. We have previously reviewed here in Computer World website tutorials and articles on how to protect flash drives from viruses and how to get rid of them, such as an article titled the strongest and best program for deleting flash drive viruses and another article titled excellent security program USB Disk Security to examine flash drives and memory cards, and an article by Professor Abdel Rahman Mohammed titled the best ways to completely eliminate Shortcut virus on hard drives and flash memory. I’d like to mention and draw attention to a very important matter, which is the transfer of viruses from USB flash drives to computers or vice versa.

The infection of the flash drive with viruses is primarily due to the user’s lack of experience in such matters. Of course, not everyone is an expert in using a computer, but this does not prevent the need for caution when using data transfer tools. Today, we will learn an easy and simple way to prevent the transfer of USB flash drive viruses to your computer when connecting it to the computer and protect our devices from viruses through a small-sized and distinctive program.

The program we will use in our explanation today is the free program Autorun Eater and you can also download it from this link as well. It has a somewhat strange Arabic name, which is the goat eat the autorun virus, because the logo of the program is a goat. More information about the program can be found on its official website. The program works on the basis that every USB flash drive has the autorun virus that runs the flash drive automatically and opens it on the computer, thus speeding up the transfer of viruses from the flash drive to the computer. The role of the program comes in preventing the automatic opening of the flash drive containing the virus, scanning the flash drive, getting rid of the viruses in it, as well as the protection programs on your device, which are indispensable in any case. So, the function of the program here is as an assistant to protection programs, not as a primary protection program you can rely on. This is an important point I wanted to clarify for you, dear reader.

After downloading the program, extracting it from the compressed file, and installing it, an icon appears on the desktop. To open the program and familiarize yourself with its features before connecting a flash drive to the computer, right-click on the program icon in the taskbar next to the clock to show us the menu we will start to familiarize ourselves with:

1. About – information about the program and its version.
2. Visit The Farm – visit the farm or the official website of the program.
3. Registry Fix – fix the registry, and when hovering the mouse here, a submenu appears.
4. Fix Task Manager – fix the taskbar if affected by viruses.
5. Fix Reg Edit – fix the registry.
6. Fix Folder Option – fix file control system and show hidden files.

We also see from the features of the program that it disables the automatic opening of the USB flash drive when connected to the computer, thus preventing the transfer of viruses through:

1. Close Autoplay – enable the option to show Enable in order to stop automatic operation of flash drives.
2. Malware Scan – scan the flash drive to ensure it is free of malicious software as well.

Dear reader, as a user of this program, you must activate all the following options to ensure the full and distinguished operation of the program, as we will explain:

• Malware Scan – choose to activate the MSE / Auto Clean feature in front of this option, which indicates automatic virus cleaning.
• Removal Method – choose here to activate automatic virus removal as well, Auto – Remove.
• Splash Image – activate the clear image option Enable.
• GUI Tips – enable the graphical user interface option.
• Startup / Exit Sound – to show the program’s alert sounds, we should keep it open ON.

In the end, we have become acquainted with this small and distinctive program in its functions to avoid automatic opening of flash drives and the transfer of viruses to computers, deletion of the autorun virus, and see you in future lessons. Thank you