AutoRun Virus Protection

I heard these days virus are spreading through USBs. So one precaution measure would be to disable the auto run feature in the system. How to do this ? follow the simple steps:

TO PROTECT FROM AUTORUN VIRUS BY CDROMS



Click Start -> Run.
Type RegEdit in the Open text box, then press ENTER.
In the Registry Editor, locate and click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom

Modify the value of the Autorun to 0 (zero) so that CD-ROMs and Audio CDs do not run and start automatically when inserted.



TO PROTECT FROM AUTORUN VIRUS BY PENDRIVES


1. Click Start > Run

start-run

2. Type “gpedit.msc”

gpedit

3. Computer Configuration > Click “Administrative Templates” > Click “System” > Double-Click “Turn off Autoplay”

group policy editor

4. Setting tab > Check “Enabled” > Select “All drives” from the drop down menu > Apply > Ok

disable-autoplay

There 4 easy steps to making sure that Autoplay (Autorun) is disabled on all your drives including the USB. That would remove the ability of people to insert a USB drive and automatically run a .exe on your computer by using a *.inf file.





Next navigate to the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

Modify the value of the NoDriveTypeAutoRun entry to 0xb5 value to turn off the AutoRun feature for CD-ROMs by right-click NoDriveTypeAutoRun and then click Modify to type B5 in the Value data box. Select Hexadecimal, and then click OK.
Quit Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.

After three days of effort i could kill that virus from my system. Thanks to Mohan and members of mozillaZine. The steps to kill the virus is…

1.Go to Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del)
2.in that click on Process Tab
3.Delete only the svchost.exe of your user name
4.type c:\heap41a in you address barof your explorer and you can trace this folder
5.Now give a smile… you have done it….