Fighting folder corruption on flash drives

Question

Malware

After each trip to the university, all the folders on the flash drive are covered with a virus and turn into executable .exe. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the folder sometimes gets corrupted before homework is completed... Lately I put everything in a zip archive, but this is inconvenient. What to do, how to protect folders on a flash drive from such a scourge?

Answer 1

Try using the Autostop utility.
This is a script to protect against autorun viruses. It makes life easier just in cases when you have to insert a USB flash drive into computers, possibly infected with such viruses. I don’t know if it will help in your case, but at least the utility creates a folder that is not renamed or deleted by regular means - you can add information to this folder.
You can read about Autostop and how it works and download it here: mechanicuss.livejournal.com/195192.html

Answer 2

Buy a flash drive with a read/write switch. Buy a compact SD/microSD card reader and appropriate card. They have a record switch.

Answer 3

1. Flash drives often have a "read-only" blocker.
2. Do you have Internet? It might be more comfortable.
3. Use an additional device. Laptop/phone etc. Where there is built-in memory, and copy the data for the university to a USB flash drive (with this device), and only then use it.
4. Clean your computer from viruses / boot from boot cd.

Answer 4

format to NTFS and disable writing to the root. everything you need to write in a folder.

Answer 5

If the folder is made hidden, and an .exe appears nearby, you can try to create hidden fake .exes with the same names as the folders, some viruses check the existence of their copies on the flash drive before writing and will no longer spoil the folders.

Answer 6

As a colleague suggested above, format it in ntfs and set the rights not only to the root, but also to folders with the prohibition of deleting them for everyone.

Answer 7

I used to do this - I formatted it in NTFS, left one folder open for writing, where I threw off the entire file in the university, and put a write ban on the rest of the folders

Answer 8

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