#SCANNING USB DRIVES FOR VIRUSES WINDOWS#
Well, if your Windows machine has become unusable you have found the perfect use for such a combination. You probably never thought you would need any anti-virus on a Linux machine. Automatically Scan for Viruses When Plugging in a USB Flash Drive HAL9000 Updated 5 years ago Security 12 Comments In more recent years, one of the most common ways for a virus to spread itself has been through the autorun.inf file that resides on the root of your removable device such as a USB stick or hard drive. Once you are done with the scan, make sure you unmount the "external" drive before you remove the hardware.Īfter the hard drive is off the Linux machine, re-install it to the Windows machine, and boot up. Hopefully one of your anti-virus tools will have caught the culprit and either quarantined or removed the virus. NOTE: I will be doing an article on installing and using Avira Antivir on Linux this week. Some viruses only transfer through USB drives. Question 1: Can USB Carry Viruses Yes, USB drives carry viruses and can infect multiple systems. Before you start to scan virus on you PC, you need to understand two things about the USB Virus. This is why you need a USB Virus Scanner tool.
You can use ClamAV for email-based viruses (Check out my article " Scan your Linux machine for viruses with ClamTK" for using a GUI front end for ClamAV). The system will not turn up because of the virus attack. Understand that if one scanner doesn't locate the infected files you might want to run a different scan. This will scan that drive and disinfect it. I prefer to use a tool that allows me to attach the drive such that the drive is attached to the machine via USB. That's right, we're going to attach it to the Linux machine and do a scan of this now "external" drive. First you need to remove that drive from the Windows machine. And in this article I am going to show you a quick way to achieve this.Īmidst all the simplicity you will enjoy with the Linux scanning, there are a few things you will need. The AutoRun function acts as a bridge between your USB device and.
#SCANNING USB DRIVES FOR VIRUSES SOFTWARE#
Instead of allowing Windows to boot, I decided it was time take advantage of my good old friend, Linux! That's right, Linux can scan a Windows machine for viruses, and it does it quite well. USB Virus Scanner Software is a software application built specifically for helping you scan USB flash drives for viruses. The machine was so slow it seemed as if installing a simple anti-virus tool was going to take me an entire 40 hour work week. There are relatively few security products available which offer even.
I attempted to run AVG, Avast, Malwarebytes - but all for naught. USB Virus Scan uses innovative proactive technology to block any threats via USB storage. When the machine would boot the CPU was pegging out at 100%, causing the GUI to be nearly unresponsive. Recently I came into a client who had a Windows XP machine that contained a nasty little virus that rendered the machine nearly unusable.