Thit b ny cng l cng c ly lan virus rt ph bin nhng ch cn mt cch m khc bn c th ngn chn c.

Trang tr USB theo phong cch ring ca mnh bng biu tng v hnh nn cng l mt chiu th v.

Hn ch s ly lan ca virus Theo nguyn tc hot ng ca mt s virus ly lan qua ng USB th chng s nhanh chng to trong mt s file nh autorun.inf hoc desktop.ini gi mt s tp tin thc thi i km. Tuy nhin, c mt iu virus khng th no t chy c khi ta va cm USB vo my. Thao tc nhp p vo a flash trong My Computer s gip cc file virus c kch hot v bt u ly lan sang my tnh. Ch mt thao tc n gin click chut phi USB v chn Explorer l ta c th chn c bc xm nhp ny ca virus vo my. Cc tp tin autorun hon ton mt tc dng. Bc tip theo ta ch cn m autorun.inf c trong USB bng Notepad xem tn nhng file virus v xa chng i. Ta xa lun c file autorun.inf. Nn tt USB trong my trc khi rt ra Thao tc ny s gim s xung t in vi chip nh ca USB. Vic rt USB ra cch t ngt s ct t bt ng ngun in ang cp cho USB, qu trnh truyn dn d liu ang din ra b ngt qung lm nh hng n chip nh. Nhng nhiu trng hp vic rt USB lun gp thng bo sau:

Thng bo thng thy khi tt USB m vn cn file ang s dng trn n. Nhiu ngi vi v nn khng th kin tr vi dng thng bo ny nh rt n thit b ny ra khi my. Trng hp ny c th do virus ang chy trong flash hoc bn cn ang m mt file no trn USB. Kim tra xem cc chng trnh ang thc thi nh office, trnh ng dng Nu qua bc ny cng vn gp thng bo th nguy c bn nhim virus rt cao hoc cng giao tip USB ca my b li.

Eject USB nhiu ln nu vic rt USB gp li. Khng nn vi v rt ra ngay m click phi USB chn Eject vi ln. Cu thng bo hin ra bn nhp Continue v rt n ra. D liu c th b mt nhng USB s khng b sc in.

Cnh bo d liu s b mt nu rt USB ra. Bn chn Continue tip tc. Lm p cho ca s USB nhng cng l cng c bo ng virus hu hiu Trc tin, ta cn nm vng cc chc nng c bn ca mt s tp tin sau:

autorun.inf: thit lp thng tin v icon, virus thng tn cng chnh sa file ny iu khin kch hot virus chy. desktop.ini: thit lp desktop, virus cng hay dng file ny gi 1 s file thc thi cha virus. doan.ico: file biu tng ca USB. bgusb4.jpg: file hnh nn.

Bn cng c th to thm mt file sao lu thit lp autorun.inf phng khi b virus v d ny t tn l bk-autorun.inf.

Mn hnh ca s USB c ci t hnh nn ring. to biu tng (icon) cho USB, bn cn thit k sn mt file biu tng c ui .ico. Icon c th v bng phn mm h tr hoc tm trn mng nhng hnh u thch. Bn dng ng dng Notepad to mt file c tn autorun.inf t ti th mc gc ca USB c ni dng nh sau:
[AutoRun]

icon=doan.ico

Trong , doan.ico l file biu tng do bn t chn hoc ti v. Doan.ico cng phi t ngoi th mc gc USB. Nh vy, l bn c th phn bit USB ca mnh vi biu tng ring u khi cm vo my.
Lm hnh nn (background) cho USB

Tng t, bn cng to mt file c tn desktop.ini t cng v tr nh cc tp tin trn vi ni dung sau:

[ExtShellFolderViews] {BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}={BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC} [{BE098140-A513-11D0-A3A4-00C04FD706EC}] Attributes=1 IconArea_Image=bgusb4.jpg IconArea_Text=0x030291F [.ShellClassInfo] ConfirmFileOp=0

bgusb4.jpg l file nh nh dng JPG chn lm hnh nn. Bn nn to USB ca bn c 1 icon, c th d dng nhn bit c USB ca mnh c b nhim virus hay cha

USB c tn bodaudinh vi biu tng u. Khi to cho USB ca mnh 1 icon ring, th bn fi dng n file autorun.inf. V khi bn nhim virus, th thng virus s chnh sa ci file autorun.inf thit lp icon ca bn ri thay vo bng nhng on m gi file virus thc thi. Khi bn cm USB vo my m khng thy c biu tng quen thuc th kh nng b nhim virus trong USB l rt cao.