Protect Computer From Viruses Without Anti-virus
Bilal Kabeer Butt
Yes you can protect your computer from viruses without using any anti-virus at all. This sounds tricky but its very simple. Now a days
most of the viruses are come through USB’s. Every time we connect USB
to our system we scan it for viruses with the help of antivirus. This
could be quite expensive and time consuming as well. But not everyone
knows that viruses can’t be activated unless you double click open your
USB through My Computer or open it when Autorun dialog box appears when
you connect USB to your system. Viruses activated from usb with the
help of a file named “AUTORUN.inf”
So what are the options left to open USB drive. There is another way
to open USb Drive and it’s Safe too. Always open USB drive using MY
Computer and then go to the Address bar type your USb drive letter or
select from a list shown below.
Now that you open USB it doesn’t mean that virus is removed from
USB. It’s still in USB so now we have to remove virus and file “AUTORUN.inf“.
Most of the viruses are hidden so first we have to unhide the settings
in Folder Options. To do this open Folder Options from Control Panel or
from open My Computer-> menu-> Tools-> Folder Options. Folder Options dialog box appears. Click on View tab as shown below. Then select option Show hidden files and folders as shown below and unselect check box of Hide protected Operating system files(Recommended). Now Click Apply and then Click OK button.
Now delete files Which are hidden and file named “AUTORUN.inf“. This will remove any virus found in the USB and its files.
