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How to password protect memory sticks?

If you intend to store confidential files on a memory stick, security should be an important issue for you. Incidents concerning lost memory sticks often occur. A survey in UK reveals that 4,500 memory sticks had been forgotten in people’s pockets as they take their clothes to be washed at the local dry cleaners in 2009. What we should worry about is not the memory sticks, but the vital files contained on them. It could be a disaster to have the important information fall into someone’s hands, like the health records of more than 80,000 patients contained in the lost unencrypted memory stick in Canada according to CBC news.

For this, you can enhance memory stick security with USB encryption software which allows you to password protect memory sticks to keep your data remain safe even if you misplace or lost them. Some USB encryption software allows you to create a password protected secure area to store your important files and the size of the secure area is decided by you. Anyone who wants to access the data on secure are must have the right password. This can fully ensure the security of your vital data even memory stick is lost or stolen. And it will make no trouble for you because you can easily access to password protected data in any computer even without the encryption software installed.

Since you know USB encryption software can help you, next you just need to get one to start improving security of your memory sticks. A basic Google search is supposed to come back many results on the software options available to you. Select one that suits your needs best. Personally, I’m using Wondershare USB Drive Encryption. It is professionally designed to password protect memory stick and other USB storage media and adopts 256-AES, the highest level protection to keep your data safe. With it, you can also write protect the files on secure area and delete the access to secure area to hide it to get maximum protection for vital file on memory sticks.

Download and install Wondershare USB Drive Encryption and begin to password protect memory sticks following the below step-by-step guidance.

Step 1 & 65306;Plug your memory stick in computer and backup your files on memory stick.
Wondershare USB Drive Encryption will format memory stick automatically during creating a password protected secure area for vital files, so I highly advise you to backup your files on memory stick.

Step 2& 65306;Choose your target memory stick, set size of the secure area according to your needs, and then click Install to go to next step.

Step 3& 65306;Set username and password for your memory stick.
The password should be easy for you to remember because you’ll get it back when you forget it. And it means that you’ll lose your protected data on memory stick.

And now you get a password protected memory stick. You’ll never worry about data loss after dragging and dropping your data into the secure area on the password protected memory stick.

How to password protect memory sticks?

If you intend to store confidential files on a memory stick, security should be an important issue for you. Incidents concerning lost memory sticks often occur. A survey in UK reveals that 4,500 memory sticks had been forgotten in people’s pockets as they take their clothes to be washed at the local dry cleaners in 2009. What we should worry about is not the memory sticks, but the vital files contained on them. It could be a disaster to have the important information fall into someone’s hands, like the health records of more than 80,000 patients contained in the lost unencrypted memory stick in Canada according to CBC news.

For this, you can enhance memory stick security with USB encryption software which allows you to password protect memory sticks to keep your data remain safe even if you misplace or lost them. Some USB encryption software allows you to create a password protected secure area to store your important files and the size of the secure area is decided by you. Anyone who wants to access the data on secure are must have the right password. This can fully ensure the security of your vital data even memory stick is lost or stolen. And it will make no trouble for you because you can easily access to password protected data in any computer even without the encryption software installed.

Since you know USB encryption software can help you, next you just need to get one to start improving security of your memory sticks. A basic Google search is supposed to come back many results on the software options available to you. Select one that suits your needs best. Personally, I’m using Wondershare USB Drive Encryption. It is professionally designed to password protect memory stick and other USB storage media and adopts 256-AES, the highest level protection to keep your data safe. With it, you can also write protect the files on secure area and delete the access to secure area to hide it to get maximum protection for vital file on memory sticks.

Download and install Wondershare USB Drive Encryption and begin to password protect memory sticks following the below step-by-step guidance.

Step 1 & 65306;Plug your memory stick in computer and backup your files on memory stick.
Wondershare USB Drive Encryption will format memory stick automatically during creating a password protected secure area for vital files, so I highly advise you to backup your files on memory stick.

Step 2& 65306;Choose your target memory stick, set size of the secure area according to your needs, and then click Install to go to next step.

Step 3& 65306;Set username and password for your memory stick.
The password should be easy for you to remember because you’ll get it back when you forget it. And it means that you’ll lose your protected data on memory stick.

And now you get a password protected memory stick. You’ll never worry about data loss after dragging and dropping your data into the secure area on the password protected memory stick.

How to Remove Security Essentials 2010

Security Essential 2010 is a rogue anti-spyware program from the family of Internet Security 2010. This malware is installed in PC by Trojans which pretend to be Flash update claiming to be an essential software to view video online. When a user clicks on this so-called ‘Flash Update’ program, instead of helping in watching videos online, it installs other malware and spyware in the PC.

As an example – C:WINDOWSsystem32smss32.exe is a similar Trojan that hijacks desktop with security warning, displays pop-ups with messages ‘you are infected’ which are actually fake messages. And at last it installs Security Essentials 2010.

While Security Essentials 2010 is running, you will be shown nag screens and fake security warnings from Windows task bar. Some of the warnings:

System Warning:
. Continue working in unprotected mode is very dangerous.
. Viruses can damage your confidential data and work on your computer.
. Click here to protect your computer.
. Intercepting programs that may compromise your privacy and harm your system have been detected on your PC.
. It’s highly recommended you scan your PC right now.

Danger quotient – Once Security Essentials 2010 gets installed on your PC, it automatically starts updating itself the moment you logs in. This also shows off pop-ups stating about numerous infections on your PC. When you try to uninstall of remove this program, it flaunts a message that says “you need to purchase the program first in order to remove it.” But all such messages are fraudulent acts which at the end of the day result in your loss.

Security Essentials 2010 files and registry values:

Files:
. C:WINDOWSsystem32warnings.html
. C:WINDOWSsystem32helpers32.dll
. C:WINDOWSsystem32winlogon32.exe
. C:WINDOWSsystem32smss32.exe
. C:WINDOWSsystem3241.exe
. %Temp%250904.exe
. %StartMenu%Security essentials 2010.lnk
. %Desktop%Security essentials 2010.lnk
. C:ProgramFilesSecurityessentials2010SE2010.exe

Registry keys and values:

. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareSE2010
. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun
. “Security essentials 2010”
. HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun “smss32.exe”

How to remove it – There are many steps that can be conducted to remove security Essentials 2010 from your PC.

1. Reboot your computer is “Safe Mode with Networking”. As the computer is booting tap the “F8 key” continuously which should bring up the “Windows Advanced Options Menu” as shown below. Use your arrow keys to move to “Safe Mode with Networking” and press Enter key.

2. Download one of the good and legitimate anti-malware applications and run a quick system scan. Don’t forget to update it first. All programs a free.