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The best thing to do for anything usb security related is to disable autorun, the guide to do so from Microsoft is here http
/support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
Other than that any anti-virus software that offers real time protection will catch most viruses that come off a usb, some anti-virus stuff just looks for malicious strings upon launching something from a usb drive, and some other anti-virus software company's will just treat everything that tries to modify install itself from a usb as malicious like F-Secure. For real time protection Malwarebytes has great real time protection in the paid for version, as well as kaspersky, and even avast. So pretty much all that you would want is a anti-virus that has real time protection. If...
/support.microsoft.com/kb/967715Other than that any anti-virus software that offers real time protection will catch most viruses that come off a usb, some anti-virus stuff just looks for malicious strings upon launching something from a usb drive, and some other anti-virus software company's will just treat everything that tries to modify install itself from a usb as malicious like F-Secure. For real time protection Malwarebytes has great real time protection in the paid for version, as well as kaspersky, and even avast. So pretty much all that you would want is a anti-virus that has real time protection. If...
Titillating
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There's a thing called Kitty-Litter that seems to be the popular choice. Not familiar with anti-sniffing things though; has never been an issue for me.
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The best thing to do for anything usb security related is to disable autorun, the guide to do so from Microsoft is here http/support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
Other than that any anti-virus software that offers real time protection will catch most viruses that come off a usb, some anti-virus stuff just looks for malicious strings upon launching something from a usb drive, and some other anti-virus software company's will just treat everything that tries to modify install itself from a usb as malicious like F-Secure. For real time protection Malwarebytes has great real time protection in the paid for version, as well as kaspersky, and even avast. So pretty much all that you would want is a anti-virus that has real time protection. If you are still a bit confused about real time protection you can look at the reviews here http/www.pcmag.com/reviews/antivirus I personally don't run anti-virus software at all on my own machine just because I'm a malware analysis and I just do things my own way. But for the average user it is a must
/support.microsoft.com/kb/967715Other than that any anti-virus software that offers real time protection will catch most viruses that come off a usb, some anti-virus stuff just looks for malicious strings upon launching something from a usb drive, and some other anti-virus software company's will just treat everything that tries to modify install itself from a usb as malicious like F-Secure. For real time protection Malwarebytes has great real time protection in the paid for version, as well as kaspersky, and even avast. So pretty much all that you would want is a anti-virus that has real time protection. If you are still a bit confused about real time protection you can look at the reviews here http
/www.pcmag.com/reviews/antivirus I personally don't run anti-virus software at all on my own machine just because I'm a malware analysis and I just do things my own way. But for the average user it is a must
Skylyne
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You should really define what "sniffing" means. There are many uses of that term, in relation to computers, so recommending anything is pretty pointless, unless I know what you're looking for. If you're looking for something to protect from USB infections, find an antivirus that has built-in USB protection. You really can't protect from all USB infections (namely flash memory infections), so keep that in mind.
The term is also used for keylogging software. If you're trying to prevent that, there are two methods to bypass this method. One is to install an AV software that actively seeks out keyloggers; and the other is to use a virtual keyboard (which you can find in the Windows Accessibility options). Those are the two most basic options for such a thing.
There's also the use of this term for sniffing wifi packets. Can you protect this from happening? Not that I'm aware of. Sure, you can encrypt network traffic; however, you can't hide your traffic from being sniffed out. If you send enough encrypted traffic wirelessly, then it helps the person sniffing your packets to decrypt your encryption key (check out youtube for demonstrations of BackTrack to get an idea of what I'm talking about).
Hopefully that helped a little bit?
The term is also used for keylogging software. If you're trying to prevent that, there are two methods to bypass this method. One is to install an AV software that actively seeks out keyloggers; and the other is to use a virtual keyboard (which you can find in the Windows Accessibility options). Those are the two most basic options for such a thing.
There's also the use of this term for sniffing wifi packets. Can you protect this from happening? Not that I'm aware of. Sure, you can encrypt network traffic; however, you can't hide your traffic from being sniffed out. If you send enough encrypted traffic wirelessly, then it helps the person sniffing your packets to decrypt your encryption key (check out youtube for demonstrations of BackTrack to get an idea of what I'm talking about).
Hopefully that helped a little bit?
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