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Panda USB Vaccine, new gratuitous solution
Panda Security, supplier de integral solutions de security that protects the computer against virus, spyware, hackers, Spam and other threats de Internet, have put at the disposal de the users Panda USB Vaccine, a solution de gratuitous security designed to block malware that propagates through extraíbles units like keys de memory USB, CD/DVDs, reproducers MP3, etc. This tool can free de charge be unloaded from http://www.pandasecurity.com/spain/homeusers/downloads/usbvaccine/
Every time they are plus the units de malware, among them the dangerous worm Conficker, who propagate by means de the infection de devices and extraíbles units like memory keys, reproducers MP3, cameras de photos, etc. The technique used by these units is the following one: The operating system Windows uses the Autorun.inf file de the extraíbles units with the purpose de to know what action must carry out when a new external storage device, like a unit USB or a CD/DVD, is inserted in the PC. This file, located in the root directory de the extraíbles devices, among other things, defers the possibility de defining a program that automatically executes part de the content de the extraíble device when this one is connected to a PC. This functionality is being used by the ciberdelincuentes to propagate its virus, by means de the modification de that Autorun.inf file with orders so that malware that has been copied, for example, in a key de memory USB is executed automatically as soon as this one is connected to a PC. Thus, that PC would be infected immediately.
In order to prevent this, Panda Security, through its division Panda Research, has developed to Panda USB Vaccine a gratuitous product that allows to carry out one double preventive protection, or vaccine, as much de the same PC to deshabilitar the AutoRun functionality, like de units and individual keys USB.
“One is a very useful tool, since a way simple does not exist to deshabilitar the option de Autorun in Windows. With this tool, the users will be able to do it de simple way, obtaining therefore a high degree de security with respect to the infections coming from extraíbles devices”, assures Pedro Bustamante, Senior Research Adviser de Panda Security.
He can unload this tool and obtain more data in the http://www.pandasecurity.com/spain/homeusers/downloads/usbvaccine/ direction
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