If humans and some animals must be vaccinated, it’s also a must to vaccinate your PC and USB if you want to protect it from different threats like viruses and spyware. Viruses and other threats can easily infect your USB and PC because the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems use the AUTORUN.INF file from removable drives which is widely criticized by the security community because it is used by malware in order to spread by infecting as soon as a new drive is inserted in a computer.

AUTORUN.INF is used in order to know which actions to perform when a new external storage device, such as a USB drive or CD/DVD, is inserted into the PC. The malicious files silently attack the PC as soon as the drive is mounted.

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