How To Protect Your Desktop From Virus By Disabling Autorun

Follow this simple step by step tutorial.

First go to Start> Run

Type: gpedit.msc in run window and press OK button.

It will load the group policy editor window.

In the explorer sidebar at the left, open Computer configuration tree. Inside it open Administrative templates. Again open System folder. (refer to the image below).

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At the right side, scroll down for the “Turn off Autoplay”.

Double click to open it.

Click on “Enabled” button and choose “all drives”.

And click on OK button.

Again in  explorer sidebar at the left, open User configuration tree. Inside it open Administrative templates. Again open System folder. (refer to the image below).

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At the right side, scroll down for the “Turn off Autoplay”.

Double click to open it. Apply the same settings as above and click on OK button.

Restart you PC.

Now onwards, your removable media won’t autoplay making your desktop more secure from virus.