NoVirusThanks Anti-AutoExec

USB flash disks are good places for malware to hide in order spread across multiple computers. Since these are portable devices, people carry them around and plug them into PCs, thus offering an opportunity for any dormant malware agent to infect the systems and even hold them for ransom.

To stop this from happening, the first step is equipping your personal computer with a powerful antivirus application capable of detecting suspicious activity on USB devices and stop malware from ever reaching the local disk. Another solution is to simply disable the autorun feature on the external device, which is responsible for launching executable files and triggering the files from the drive.

NoVirusThanks Anti-AutoExec is a simple and effective utility designed for this exact purpose. It's not a typical app with a graphical interface. Instead, once installed, it runs as a service, continuously protecting your PC from malware which get activated from USB devices by blocking the autorun file.

Installing this tool is a quick and easy job that requires no configuration. In fact, minimal intervention is necessary on your behalf to get NoVirusThanks Anti-AutoExec up and running. After installation, it runs automatically at every Windows startup as a service and doesn't interrupt your PC activity with any notifications. Its presence can be noticed by bringing up the services tab of the Windows Task Manager ("NoVirusThanks AntiAutoExecSvc"). From this point on, you won't have to worry about malware reaching your computer from USB devices.

To tinker with settings, though, it's possible to open Windows Services, find the tool's entry in the list, and visit its properties panel. For example, you can change the startup type (automatic delayed restart, manual), assign the credentials of another PC users to it, as well as specify the course of action on first failure to start the service, second failure, and subsequent failures (e.g. run a program, restart the PC).

It worked smoothly on the latest Windows version in our tests, without any errors. All aspects considered, NoVirusThanks Anti-AutoExec offers a simple solution to protect your PC from malware by disabling the autorun file on USB devices.