Top 14 Antivirus Software to Protect Your Computer from Infected USB Flash Drives

Updated on December 27th, 2016 by Quertime Team in Software

USB thumbdrives are commonly used to transfer files and data from desktop to laptop or from one system to another. However the fact is actively being exploited by criminals who have developed viruses, Trojans and worms which infect USB storage devices like pendrives, cameras and mobile phones. If your USB drive is infected with virus, not only you may lose the data in the storage, your computer hard disk may also get damaged in such a manner that it can’t be recovered back. To prevent this nightmare from happening below we’ve listed 14 Antivirus tools which will protect your computer against any infected USB flash drives. Just install any of them to protect both your USB drive and computer now!

USB Disk Security
USB Disk Security provides protection against any malicious programs trying to attack via USB drive. It delivers high level of protection against theft and accidental disclosure of confidential data, and prevents unauthorized persons from stealing your data. USB Disk Security is one of the best security softwares to protect offline computer without the need for signature updates. This light and easy to use solution is compatible with other antivirus software and doesn’t slow down your computer at all.

USB Drive Antivirus
USB Drive Antivirus provides protection against any malicious programs trying to attack via USB drive. When an USB device is inserted into your computer, USB Drive Antivirus will automatically scan it, block and delete USB virus, trojans, and malicious code. Also it can detect and remove USB virus such as autorun virus in your computer. USB Drive Antivirus can also remove the autorun.inf virus due to which you can not open your hard disk and USB drive (Pen drive, Memory card) by double clicking.

USB Flash Drive Autorun Antivirus
USB Flash Drive Autorun Antivirus is an antivirus solution for your USB flash drive. It automatically detects, closes and deletes the virus from your drive. The software provides future protection by immunizing the system; by installing special autorun file which virus can’t delete. It also comes with multiple inbuilt tools like Task Manager to manage running programs, Autorun Suppressor to temporarily disable autorun while inserting the drive. And System repair feature to repair system functions broken by a virus. It doesn’t require any signature updates so it is perfect for offline computers.

Autorun Protector
Autorun Protector is a two way protection software that prevents your PC from infecting with autorun worms and also protecting your removable device from being infected from other sources. Hence, it decreases the spread of the worms. In addition, it also come with additional features like custom protected autorun.inf file, analysing or removing of autorun.inf and resolving drive opening issue.

USB Threat Defender
USB Threat Defender is not just another autorun.inf virus remover, it takes more than that to provide maximum protection guarantee. Its new protection level detects viruses missed by the best Anti-Virus to give maximum protection against any threat that tries to attack a system via any USB storage device. The Proactive Scan method makes sure that all malwares get detected before they infect your system, both the known and the unknown. The Definition based scan method detects and removes threats already installed on your system.

McAfee VirusScan USB
McAfee VirusScan USB detects and removes viruses that can delete files and data from your USB drive. Additionally, this software ensures that your USB drive does not transmit viruses and other threats to each PC that you plug your USB drive into.

Bitdefender USB Immunizer
Bitdefender USB Immunizer is a handy utility designed to allow you to immunize your USB storage device or SD card against infections with autorun-based malware. Even if your storage device has been plugged into an infected computer, the piece of malware will be unable to create its autorun.inf file, thus annihilating any chance of auto-launching itself.

Panda USB Vaccine
Panda USB Vaccine is a free utility from Panda Research which helps prevent malware infections due to the autorun feature of Windows Operating Systems. Once executed the user can choose two types of vaccinations: Computer Vaccination or USB Drive Vaccination. USB Vaccine allows users to vaccinate their PCs in order to disable autorun completely so that no program from any USB/CD/DVD drive can auto-execute. This is a really helpful feature as there is no user friendly and easy way of completely disabling autorun on a Windows PC. Panda USB Vaccine can be used on individual USB drives to disable its autorun.inf file in order to prevent malware infections from spreading automatically.

Ninja Pendisk
Ninja is a freeware program designed for guarding computers against viruses transmitted by USB pendisks. This ninja awaits quietly in the system tray for the times whenever a USB pendisk is inserted on the computer which will be examined to uncover the commonly malicious or virulent files known as “autorun.inf” and “ctfmon.exe” amongst many others. Besides removing known virulent files, this tool will also immunize your pendisk and create a folder called autorun.inf with special protection permissions to protect your pendisk from being infected again when plugged on contaminated computers.

USB Guardian
USB Guardian allows you to safely enjoy file sharing using just an USB thumbdrive for copying the files. Movies, mp3s, documents and pictures can be copied from one computer to another without worrying of getting infected with worms and viruses through USB drive. The interface is very clean and well organized so that one can access all functions with minimum effort.

Autorun Virus Remover
Autorun Virus Remover uses proactive technology to permanently remove autorun and autorun.inf viruses, also it can block any autorun or autorun.inf viruses trying to infect the system via USB drives (pendrive, external hard disk, iPod, etc). What you need to do is just clicking the scan button of Autorun Virus Remover.

Mx One Antivirus
Mx One Antivirus is a basic anti-virus tool that can be installed either on your computer or right on your USB stick, or portable multimedia device. If you choose the first option, Mx One Antivirus will protect your system from infected USB devices, and if you choose the second one the program will be installed on the USB device itself, thus enabling you to have an anti-virus solution with you at all times.

The USB Program
USB is a handy program designed to prevent autorun viruses computer infections. The program is loaded into the system memory and when a new removable device is detected it automatically renames autorun.inf files on new device into autorun.inf_current date_time, and set to it attribute “normal”, making it visible for system. Thus preventing the infection.