PC NOT DETECTING USB DRIVE/PEN DRIVE

This problem occurs when no device is connected to a USB port. That makes the USB driver set the Open Host Controller Interface (OHCI) controller to a suspended state. When the OHCI controller is in a suspended state, it cannot always detect when you add a new USB device to your computer.

BACKUP AND RESTORE REGISTRY

Manual steps to back up the registry in in Windows XP

1. Click Start, click Run, type %SystemRoot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe, and then click OK.
2. On the Welcome to System Restore page, click Create a restore point, and then click Next .
3. On the Create a Restore Point page, type a name for the restore point and then click Create
4. After the restore point has been created, click Close.

Note: If System Restore is turned off, you receive a message that asks whether you want to turn on System Restore now. Click Yes. Then, in the System Properties dialog box, click to clear the Turn off System Restore check box, click OK, and then repeat this step.

Kill USB Pendrive Virus (WINXP)

For WINXP users only
How to kill USB Pen drive virus effectively?
Below are the procedures:
The following settings are set for once only:

Remove all viruses in pendrive

How to remove all viruses in pen drive? These are the ways:

1. Use any anti-virus with latest updated virus definitions to scan the pen drive and remove the detected viruses.
   
   
2. Goto command prompt.
   
   
3. Type X: and press enter. You should change the X letter to the drive of the pen drive. Usually, the drive of the pen drive is E, F, G, H or I.
   

Prevent USB pen drive virus

Most of the time our computer are infected by virus through pendrive. They are plugged in by our friends or other people. Antivirus cannot detect every virus in the pendrive. How can we prevent the virus from infecting our computer when our friends or other people plug in their pendrive into our computer?

1. Disable the autorun feature completely is the best way! or follow the step below:
   
2. In my computer / windows explorer, you must not double click the removable disk .
3. If you double click the removable disk, your computer will be infected by virus if your USB pen drive has been already infected by virus.
4. Instead, in my computer, click the folders button:
   prevent usb pen drive virus.
   
5. The folder pane will be shown:

DISABLE AUTORUN TO PREVENT PC FROM VIRUS OF USB

Mostly the viruses that multiply through USB sticks use the autorun function of USB as it does not require any user confirmation and runs secretly in the background, unlike a CD or DVD.
The best way to keep USB viruses from injecting themselves to your PC or laptop is to Disable the USB Autorun feature and I will teach you how to do it.

REMOVE VIRUS FROM COMMAND PROMPT

You can protect your PC by just following the simple steps below . It won't take much time.

• Connect your Pen Drive or USB DRIVE to your computer .
• Now a dialogue window will popup asking you to choose among the options as shown in the figure.
• Don't choose any of them , Just simply click Cancel .
• Now go to Start--> Run and type cmd to open the Command Promt window .
• Now go to My Computer and Check the Drive letter of your USB drive or Pen Drive. ( E.g. If it is written Kingston (I:) , then I: will be the drive letter .)
• In the Command Window ( cmd ) , type the drive letter: and Hit Enter .
• Now type dir/w/o/a/p and Hit Enter.
• You will get a list of files . In the list , search if anyone of the following do exist .

solving regsvr.exe problem

Regsvr.exe is also classified as a W32.Imaut
What the regsvr.exe virus does?
•    This worm creates folders and a registry entry to enable its automatic execution at every system startup.
•    This worm also creates a scheduled task to enable its automatic execution at a specified date and/or time.
•    It also creates Autorun.inf file for its auto execution.
Solution to fix the problem:

solving the unable to open problem

We all have experienced someday or the other, this problem of WINDOWS XP in which when we double click on the drive it does not open or some dialog box opens up but not the drive. Yes, you know it right; the problem is caused by some virus activity and if you don’t know

how to open this, here is the fix (just make sure that the virus has been removed, else the problem will persist):
When the problem happens, it means that there is a file named “Autorun.inf” in the root drive, but you will not be able to view it as it is a system file. This file is rarely caught by the anti virus. This file makes sure to run the virus and infect your system. This is the file which is responsible to run the dialog box that appears on autoplay. So this is a useless file for sure.

make your usb write protected

“How you can Write protect your Pen Drive” or “How you can prevent your pen drive from getting infected”.
Things to note before doing this:
    As the trick will write protect your pen drive, you will not be able to transfer anymore data until you disable it again (works best if you only wish to copy or read something from the drive).
    You need Admin rights to work upon the registry editor.

Steps to make your drive Write Protected: