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USB Safeguard is a portable software program to encrypt and protect data with a password on your removable pen drives using the AES 256 bits encryption.

Simply drag and drop files and folders to quickly protect your sensitive documents, and then enter an password to encrypt and decrypt the files that you want to protect from prying eyes.

Not only encrypts your files, it also has “Safe Internet Browsing” option to surf safe on web and removes all Internet traces like URL history, typed URLs, typed passwords in web forms and etc. Built in file shredder – i.e. wiping the contents of the original pre-encrypted file, and more.

As more and more malwares resort to ‘autorun.inf’ file tactics, there has been a need for a tool to stop running .exe files automatically from drives, especially for new users who unaware of this. Of course, there are other ways to avoid the ‘autorun.inf’ malware trap such as right-clicking-explore, but how many are actually aware of such a method. Alternatively,  you can delete the file through DOS by using the delete command.

Autorun Eater will remove any suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files even before the user attempts to access the drive. These files are auto-backup’ed in case of false positives.

Autorun Eater is NOT an anti-virus nor does it pretend to be one. Autorun Eater is meant to work side-by-side with your AV application. so, next time you connect and infected pen drive to your PC you can delete the autorun.inf file and protect your machine from getting infected.

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We all know, most virus, trojan, worms are spread from USB storage devices, this includes USB Flash drive, removable hard disk, Memory card, SD, MicroSD, MMC, USB Camera, USB Audio player, Mobile phone, iPod, Iphone etc.
Other antivirus softwares, update signature database regularly, and they can not effectively protect offline computer that is not connected to the Internet. When new viruses, worms and other malicious attacks strike, traditional signatures are insufficient. 

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There is an increasing amount of malwares and dangerous worms like Conficker Spreading via removable devices and drives such as memory sticks, MP3 players, digital cameras, etc. These Malicious codes modify the Autorun file on the devices, leaving the PC infected.

To prevent this Panda Security has launched USB Vaccine – free solution to block malware spreading through USB drives.

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