![]() Later it became merely force of habit to move the little slider in the write-window of the three and a half inchers. But anyone with a half an ounce of sense or working within an informed business structure had on hand a little sheet of sticky tabs and used one to cover the write-slot on the 5.25″ disks. Well, that’s true about floppies and that was a common vector for viruses way back when. Just click the ok button without entering an email address to close the program for good. The tool displays an email prompt on exit with no apparent option to close it. You then need to delete the folder autorun.ini on the drive. This can be done via Tools > Folder Options > View in Windows Explorer. To unprotect a drive you need to display hidden files in Windows and hidden system files. The tool does not offer to remove the protection from drives that it has immunized. Update: Bastik has posted his findings in the comments, they are important and need to be mentioned in the article. ![]() Interested users can download USB Immunizer from the Bitdefender Labs website. It only protects against autorun-based attack forms that require no user interaction. It has to be noted that immunizing removable devices or computers does not protect the system if the user executes malicious software on the device or computer manually. The security patch linked above seems to have the same effect as the Immunize Computer option. If you accidentally plug in an infected USB drive that has not been immunized, the computer will not auto-execute the piece of malware located on the USB storage device. The Immunize Computer slider allows you to toggle the autorun feature On or Off for any removable media (except for CD/DVD-ROM devices).
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