HOW TO STOP VIRUS ENTERING INTO YOUR USB DRIVE
This trick is very useful if you have virus in your computer and want
to copy files from a USB Drive but don’t want to transfer virus to the
USB.
STEPS to disable the USB writing option:
To edit the
computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative
rights.
First click on Start button and type "Regedit” in Run option.(win
key+R)
Here locate the location
to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control
Here in
right side panel, click right to create a key with the name
"StorageDevicePolicies”.
Now in left side panel, select
"StorageDevicePolicies” key, again right click to create new DWORD value then
label it "WriteProtect”. Set its value to "1″. But again to enable writing, set
its values to "0″.
note-its not working on window xp service pack
2
Now close the registry editor and restart your computer after any
changes to go into effect....