How To Disable USB ports On Pc To Avoid USB Viruses And...

Make your PC invulnerable from data theft and malware which spread through USB ports. This works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.

With this trick, you can disable access to your USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports on your Windows based computer to prevent people from taking out data without permission or spreading viruses through the use of USB (pen and flash) drives.

Follow the steps given below:-

Steps:

1. Click on Start >> Click on Run. If you cannot find RUN just type it in the search box.

2. Type "regedit" without quotes. This will launch the Registry Editor./>

3. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbstor.

4. In the work area, double click on Start and In the Value Data box, enter 4 click OK

You are Done. Now just Close Registry Editor and refresh your desktop. That's it.

And  now if any one trays to enter their UBS disk, It just doesn't work.

Help?

To Re-Enable access to USB ports, Follow the same proccess as above but enter 3 instead of 4 in the Value Data box.


WARNING: This trick will also disables access to your USB connected peripheral devices. So, do not use it if you have USB connected keyboard and mouse.