Most of people (Included me) still use Microsoft Products e.g. Windows XP as Operating System. But they are vulnerable against virus and most of variants of virus run in this platform. So, if we don’t want a virus infect our computer. For defense, we try freeware and licensed antivirus. Monthly, weekly, even daily we keep updating it. But it’s not a guarantee for virus can’t affect your computer. Besides direct internet connection, they are also infect from external removable media e.g. flash disk which is familiar as data storage. Hundreds new variants of virus are shared throughout flash disk indented or not. So, don’t depend your computer protection on anti virus entirely. You must be alert from virus indication.

I would like to give tips esp. for Win 9x, 2k, or XP. Old School, but it’s still working. First, make sure none explorer window is opened when you plug a flash disk, then from Run type “cmd” to enter DOS window. Go to drive where flash disk specified by windows e.g. [D:] [E:] [F:]. Then type command “attrib –r –a –s –h /d /s”. This command means that you will off attribute of files inside which [r] read only, [a] achieve, [s] system, [h] hidden (including files in [d] directory and [s] subdirectory). Viruses usually set this entire attribute on, in order to make you hard to recognize them. After that viruses will freeze to infect and it’s up to whether you want to delete it manually. They usually have .exe .scr .com extension. Also it helps your antivirus to recognize them and it will delete them automatically for you.

Or if you are too lazy to do this, I would like to share an application which basely has same way. I’ve got it from a friend of mine which called “FDGuard”. Automatically it runs “attrib –r –a –s –h” command and change .exe .scr and .com extension (not include files in folder and subfolder).

_____________________________________________
Please Download FDGuard Flashdisk Antivirus