Hi Anubha As I had mentioned, there are 2 ways the autorun viruses can be triggered and hence it is necessary for both the steps to be followed for it to be effective. Harish.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to get rid of pen drives triggered virus > Hello sir, > Many thanks for mailing these easy tips on access india. > Pls do tell me,Should both these tips be followed one by one to stop the > Auto run of viruses from & in pen drives or following any one of them will > be sufficient? > Thanks once again & best regards. Anubha. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harish Kotian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:27 PM > Subject: [AI] Tips to get rid of pen drives triggered virus > > >> Hello all >> >> Of late, many computer virus are useing pen drives / thumb drives / flash >> drives to launch viruses. >> >> A few simple steps can stop the viruses to launch itself. >> >> 1 Whenever, you plug in one of these devices, keep the shift key down and >> realease it only after a few seconds after the device is connected. This >> will stop the autorun being activated. >> 2 In My-computer don't double click or hit enter on the drive letter where >> this device is connected. Doing this can also trigger the autorun. Instead >> right click on that drive and select the Explore feature. Using the >> windows-explorer feature, you can select the desired file or open it. >> >> Even if the device is carrying the virus, it won't hurt you if you follow >> these simple steps. Probably, you can make it your regular routine >> whenever you need to open files from one of these plugable devices. >> Harish >> >> >> To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with the subject unsubscribe. >> >> To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, >> please visit the list home page at >> http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject > unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
