Hey, it happens. Sooner or later you will plug that trusty flash drive of yours into an infected terminal and boom!, you drive is infected. PC World says that “It’s scary just to plug in such a drive. Since most malicious software is OS specific, it’s a good idea to perform the file recovery on a non-Windows computer, such as a Mac or a Linux based machine.
If you must plug the flash drive into a Windows PC, do it very carefully. Before you attach the infected file, update Windows itself and all of your security programs. Next, unplug all of your Internet and local network connections, so your computer can’t communicate with the outside world. And lasty, have a backup of your important files as you never know what might happen.
Now turn off AutoPlay for your flash drive. Windows XP users should do this with Tweak UI, a free Microsoft Powertoy. Once you’ve installed and opened Tweak UI, navigate its left pane to My Computer
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