Battle Which USB Security software?(Autorun Virus Remover vs Mcshield)

[bobby holla]

Hai everyone on this Forum, Can someone here help me to decide between this two USB Autorun removers. I am presently using Autorun Virus Remover. I wonder if MC Shield would be better?? which would be best and good

 

[yigido]

None!
If you are using real-time protection. There is no need. Just disable "Autorun of removable disks".
Realtime protection (in Antivirus) checks all files while you are viewing the files in USB. When it sees anything malicious, it detects.
I never use USB protection softwares and I have never seen any infection from USBs.

 

[King Alpha]

McShield! Hands down..

Features:

• Detection of newly connected drives and automatic scanning
• Automatic removal mode which makes use of this software possible to everyone regardless of their operating system and malware related knowledge
• Interactive mode for advanced users who desire more control over the scan process
• Ultra fast scanning of root and certain special folders on the hard drives and adaptive scanning of removable drives
• On demand drive scanning
• Advanced general and infection specific heuristics
• Automatic database and program updates

• Completely negligible impact on system performance
• Optimal functionality without any additional settings
• Possibility to modify the programs behavior according to specific user's needs
• Various color schemes for the user interface
• Creation of backup copies of everything that program detects and deletes
• Display of real-time global statistics and news
• Localization (18 languages at the moment)

 

[XhenEd]

McShield if you want one.
But I don't think you need it since I assume that you have ample protection already against malware coming from flash drives.

You better create your own security configuration thread.

 

[Evjl's Rain]

you dont need it if you are using an AV especially avast and avira
but I think you should use it if you use Norton. Because of it I got infected. Norton never dectected anything from USB for me. It was norton 2014. not sure if they have fixed this or not

edit: the best USB AV I have ever used is USB Disk Security but it is a paid product
McShield is also good

 

[jamescv7]

Go to McShield since majority of autorun attacks can manage to prevent where many common AV's failed to do so. *

*Based on my actual experience where Avast, Avira, Bitdefender and few others failed to do so.

Also, you can have another tool called USBFix (from Bitdefender) where effectively restores hidden files by LNK shortcut virus and other annoying threats.

@yigido: Yep you are typically right but not bad to have these tools since many AV's bypassed simple yet common autorun attacks.

 

[yigido]

@yigido: Yep you are typically right but not bad to have these tools since many AV's bypassed simple yet common autorun attacks.

"Disable Autorun & Autoplay" does help about this.
Autorun threats? The best protection against such viruses is to completely disable autorun feature in Windows. I am saying again there is no need such USB protection softwares just my opinion

 

[Quassar]

No AutoRuns or above MCShield...
Download | NoAutorun
MCShield ::Anti-Malware Tool::

but rly you don't need it just turn off it in gpedit rules..
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2328787

Hope it help you as you wish :S

 

[Ink]

Have you disabled AutoPlay from Windows settings, to prevent .inf files from running automatically?


From Windows 10

You can share you current security in Security Configuration Wizard as some Antivirus software may include USB Protection, don't want to risk overlapping security.

 

[Soulbound]

Modified Title and added as a poll option:
None, because...

Also, please kindly follow guidelines. If choosing one or another without a reason, simply use vote option.

If choosing None, because..., then please post a constructive feedback.

This is an interesting thread, please lets allow everyone else to benefit from the wealth of information that can be potentially generated here.

Thanks

 

[_CyberGhosT_]

None,
What I do is encrypt the drive (USB) and require a password.
Combined with real time protection as @yigido pointed out, renders
the other two options obsolete.
PeAcE

 

[jamescv7]

@yigido: Yes I'm afraid that you might misinterpret my post , what I mean is the tools mentioned are not bad to clean those bad stuffs since many AV's cannot clean the threats (bypassed through signatures nor heuristics) even the autorun is off.

 

[DJ Panda]

I would choose MCsheild it is light on system resources and gets the job done. Maybe a moderator could add "other" as an option there may be a autorun protected that othersbuse.

 

[bobby holla]

Thanks ya'll for your response. i appreciate it all and finally i've decided to go for MCshield and i have seen it to be working as described.

 

[Soulbound]

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