How to protect your USB from getting infected

How to protect your USB from getting infected

Some users are lucky enough to have USB devices that have write protection switches, just like floppy drives had back in the good old days. They just need to pull the switch to write protect their devices.

Modern USB devices on the other hand do not ship with write protection switches anymore, which means that other solutions need to be discovered that work equally well.

What if you’d fill the storage on the USB device to the brim? That’s what USB Dummy Protect does. The idea is simple. You create a fake file that takes up all free space on the device. With no space left on the drive, viruses cannot write on it which means that they are blocked and cannot replicate.

There are some solutions/alternatives to that like:

- using a media disc (CD, DVD, etc...): of course it is safe but quite expensive if i need to update my tools.

- using a USB with write-protected switch: the simplest method, but a bit pricey especially if you already have many USBs.

the free solutions available are:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/PORTABLE-SOFTWARE/Security/Encrypting/Windows-Portable-Applications-Portable-USB-WriteProtector.shtml
https://sites.google.com/site/mbentefor/proj_usbdefender
http://securityxploded.com/windows-autorun-disable.php
http://www.mcshield.net/