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How to Prevent data theft by USB stick

Occasionally, other users have access to your PC. You want to ensure that via foreign USB sticks no data is stolen or viruses are introduced. Therefore, you want to prohibit foreign access of USB flash drives without hindering your own work.

The freeware USB monitor from www.trinit-soft.de/usb-waechter ensures that the computer accepts only authorized USB sticks. All USB devices must first be registered, resulting in the administration of approved USB devices in the Microsoft Management Console. 


Open the site, click below in the download box on the link and save the file 'usbwaechter.exe' on the hard disk. To install, run the program and confirm appropriate safety warnings shown. Finally the 'USB switch administrator' that is available via the start enu immediately. Grant access through the UAC. The administration is involved as an object in the Microsoft Management Console.


The list of 'Permitted Devices' shows all USB devices that have been already used on the computer, as authorized. For future monitoring, the tool works automatically as a started system service. When connecting an external USB flash drives Windows first attempts to allow access through a brief installation of driver software.

This prevents the USB switch, so that the stick does not appear in Windows Explorer at first. If you need an access to a new USB flash drive, first start the USB switch. For this
  • Open and select ' Action I Add Device' and click ' Next' in the wizard. 
  • Then connect the USB device and wait for the display in the dialog box.
  •  Select the associated check boxes and press 'Next' and 'Finish'. 
  • The device is now available. 
You can delete the list entries. Right-click an element and select the context command ' Properties'. Further information will facilitate the identification of the correct USB device. A remote device is here but in the current session  is still usable, and is locked until the next boot.



      


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