Learn How to protect your pen drive from Virus
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Just insert your pen drive in the USB port, now a autorun window(usually it includes Open to view Files and
Take no action options) will open to choose the program that will run your pen drive but just ignore it by clicking the Cancel button right after the OK button 
Now go to Start > Run and type cmd to open the Command Prompt window. Now go to My Computer and Check the Drive letter of your USB drive or Pen Drive.(If it is written Kingston(I:), then I: will be the drive letter)
In the Command Window(cmd), type the drive letter(as above is I:) and now hit enter. Then type the dir/w/o/a/p and Hit Enter
Now you will get a list of files that are in your pen drive. In the list, search if anyone of the following do exist.
- Autorun.inf
- New Folder.exe
- Bha.vbs
- Iexplore.vbs
- Info.exe
- New_Folder.exe
- Ravmon.exe
- RVHost.exe or any other files with .exe Extension.
If you find any one of the file names as above, Run the command attrib -h -r -s -a *.* and Hit Enter. Now Delete each File using the following Command del filename. Now just scan your USB drive with the anti virus you have to ensure that you made your Pen Drive free of Virus 
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Pavan Kumar said:
Oh dude… you are popular… yesterday I got the same article as a forward mail without any link to your site. And today I saw your article.. good one… I too have worked much on such virus issues, but my articles are gui related than command line interfaced ones….
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August 1st, 2008 at 4:11 am -
Chetan said:
Nice tips there Narendra.. Well explained but still happy that mac doesnt get affected with those viruses.
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August 2nd, 2008 at 9:27 am -
Sunil Pathak said:
How simple but very useful tip indeed
i useto get lots of Autorun.inf every time i plug it in some one’s PC
but now my AVG is not finding any virus in my USB drive
leme try the steps you shared here may be i’ll find few with itSunil Pathak’s last blog post..4 Link Baiting Ideas That Works Like A Charm
August 5th, 2008 at 11:07 am -
computer dictionary said:
Thanks for this valuable post. i was fed up of these pen drive viruses but after reading this post I can assure now pc is virus free. I would like to recommend a online resource to learn more about computers Do computer terms confuse you? You find yourself having difficulties describing computer terms? ComputerDictionaries.org brings you an abundance of Computer dictionaries containing thousands of computer related terms and jargons. Simply look up one of our computer dictionaries in a vast array of topics ranging from the most used computer abbreviations to the highly technical computer terminologies. Browse through computer dictionaries and learn about topics such as Digital Media, Computer Games, Computer Acronyms, Software, and more.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:07 am -
kanted said:
good one, but how to protect it from future infection
November 29th, 2008 at 8:00 am
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Learn How to protect your pen drive from Virus…
Just insert your pen drive in the USB port, now a autorun window(usually it includes Open to view Files and
Take no action options) will open to choose the program that will run your pen drive but just ignore it by clicking the Cancel button right afte…