b]USB Disk Security 2009[/b]

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You have to admit that today's viruses and malware in general benefit
from the most incredible creativity and ingenuity when created. There is
always a door to your computer and if not sealed in time or at least
monitored properly chances are a nasty finds it and infects your
machine.

One of the recent technological contraptions on the market has reached
to enjoy so much success that it is barely seen as a novelty and it is
regarded more like a standard users cannot do without. To make a long
story short, I am talking about USB sticks and how they can become the
means for infecting your system.

A well placed nasty and a simple command in a trivial autorun.inf file
can unleash a battle you may have lost from the beginning if security is
not a priority. Sure, there are variables for this to happen and one of
them is for you not to know the USB stick you plug into your computer.
Another one is for you not to enforce adequate security on the machine
so that the nasty may enter and do its job undetected.

Fortunately there are plenty of applications up to the protecting job,
both in the category of firewalls as well as in the category of
antivirus software and there are even some really good freebies
available. But here comes another one: USB Disk Security. Its purpose is
to prevent malware located on inserted USB sticks from infecting the
entire computer. The application does not reside on the USB drive but on
the computer and every time you stick the memory in the system it'll
immediately analyze the storage device and alert you by displaying the
threats.

It is is not a freeware, but considering the task it has taken upon its
shoulders this would only be natural. Testing it without paying the $55
price is no sweat, especially when there is no other limitation than the
fact that the malicious items cannot be deleted.
The interface is nice and comfortable as all the options are aligned in
the upper part of the screen and switching between them only requires a
click of your mouse. Immediately after sticking the USB flash into the
computer USB Disk Security will alert you about the existent potential
threats. During our testing it detected the autorun.inf file as being a
risky item.

It's true that this little file could be the starter of a mass infection
but it would be nice if the user was given an overview of the commands
and files to be executed via autorun.inf. Instead USB Disk Security
simply marks it as a risky file offering one possibility only: deletion.
It is a known fact that most users rely on the commands included in
this little file and they generally know what it contains, ergo deleting
it altogether is not such a good idea.

A scan option is also provided by the application and I have to admit
that the process is pretty fast, in our case the results being displayed
in less than a minute. Using proactive protection the software does not
need regular updates. However, as it usually happens, proactive
protection is not 100% accurate and is prone to generating false
positives. In the case of USB Disk Security false positives is all we
were served. Not even when we added a number of malware on the USB drive
did the number of results alter in any way.
The application would always detect perfectly safe files belonging to portable software as "suspicious".

Again, the only option available was deleting them. No search on the
Internet for more information on them, only deletion which actually
sends the files directly to Quarantine from where you can later restore
them. Also, it seems that the scanner will label as "suspicious"
anything with BAT or CMD extension, regardless of its purpose.

Memory Shield option is designed to monitor potentially unsafe actions
performed by applications and "close the window of vulnerability left
open by other products' reactive, signature-based responses".
Unfortunately the feature could not be tested as it did not react in any
way to our malware stimuli, no matter what.
USB Tools section contains two options for protecting your computer from
the malicious USB drive. The first one allows you to enable/disable
immunity by automatically blocking most malicious programs from USB
drive. Be advised that turning this feature on results in disabling the
AUTORUN on the drive and creating USB Disk Security directories on each
drive of your computer, named AUTORUN.INF.

Upon acquiring and then canceling the immunity on our test computer, a
very strange message popped up alerting that there may be a virus on the
USB drive and advising that I should use an antivirus software to solve
the matter. If you ponder a bit, an antivirus software costs between
$40-$70 (but let's say $40); add the $55 the USB Disk Security costs and
you've got yourself a $95 bargain. From what I can tell immunity's
purpose is to prevent executing automatic commands via AUTORUN.

The second option in USB Tools is Safely Remove. This action guarantees
safe removal of USB drives once all files stored on it are closed. The
principle driving USB Disk Security is simple: an Explorer restart and
then launching the long "Safely Remove Hardware" wizard. To tell you the
truth I simply click on the USB icon in system tray, pick the one I
want out and that is it.

One of the final tools available in USB Disk Security is RepairSystem
which brings registry repair and disk cleanup options up front. The
first one will restore a bunch of folders and files: Folder Options, My
********s, Windows History, Favorites, Search, Run, etc. so, if you have
changed the homepage in IE, kiss it goodbye unless you have another
software to alert and prevent the change. The purpose is noble as in
case of infection it restores them to the default state, but there is no
alert to this. So you'd better use this function in case of infection
only.

Clean Up tool deletes all unnecessary files, starting with ******s (it
does not matter if you still need them), Windows and IE temporary files,
log of recent ********s and everything that has been recycled.
Last one in the list, Autostart, simply displays the elements programmed
to start with Windows. Besides the fact that the only control over them
is deleting them, USB Disk Security failed in our case to display all
of them leaving two startup items aside.
Autostart pretty much wraps up the list of functions and options
available in the program. You get to decide on the price and utility of
the software as well as on testing it on your own machine.

The Good
The interface is extremely easy to handle and tool de******ions help the
user to better understand the role and function of the features. The
icons are nicely drawn.

The Bad
I will limit to putting functionality and price to the balance and I
have to say that there is nothing appealing in neither of them. Oh, and
when uninstalling, look for MyAppVerName as that is in fact USB Disk
security.

The Truth
I can't think of a tool that cannot be replaced in USB Disk Security by a
freeware and with much greater success. USB Shield displays autorun.inf
as being risky, the scanner showed false positives only, memory shield
could not be tested, USB Tools are not exactly a good way to treat your
removable drive, RepairSystem isn't exactly efficient and Autostart
failed to display all startup elements.
For all this you have to pay $55 and still need an antivirus software to
detect and eliminate malware. Now $40, the cost of a good antivirus and
$55, the cost of USB Disk Security, makes $95 when you can perfectly
well get yourself a good firewall and system monitor and witness any
change made to the system and spend the dough on something more useful.

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