Disable USB Drive Autorun

Some worms and trojans spreads by creating autorun.inf on removable media drives. To prevent being infected with compromised USB Drives, we have created this instruction to disable running of autorun files.

How to Disable USB Drive to autorun (Windows XP):

1. Open Windows Explorer or press the Windows + “e” key.
2. Right-click the drive of the USB Drive. Then select Properties. Drive Properties will appear.
3. Select the AutoPlay tab.
4. Choose Select an Action to Perform
5. At the bottom of the selection, click Take no Action, then click Apply.
6. Click OK to exit Drive Properties.

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