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Title: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Vladimyr on March 06, 2009, 02:06:47 PM: Hi all.

Since 'Tech' mentioned it here I've installed Neo Studio USB Firewall (http://net-studio.org/application/usb_firewall.php) on a number of XP PCs (and 1 with 98SE) without any problems, or any detections!
Before I start recommending it to other users, are there any cons I should be aware of?
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: bob3160 on March 06, 2009, 04:16:10 PM: I didn't see Tech's recommendation ???
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 06, 2009, 04:58:30 PM: I think not. It does a very good job avoiding infections from USB drivers and, imho, better than using Flash Disinfector.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: George Yves on March 06, 2009, 09:10:30 PM: But I don't understand some things: What are the principles of its functioning? Has it any database? Or it does some sort of heuristic analysis?
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 06, 2009, 09:31:56 PM: It analyze the autorun.inf and block behavior of executables and, maybe, some other ones.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: George Yves on March 06, 2009, 10:45:25 PM: So it reads autoran.inf to find out what executables are allowed and blocks executables not listed there? And what will it do if a virus modified the autoran.inf?
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 07, 2009, 12:31:27 AM: Quote from: George Yves on March 06, 2009, 10:45:25 PM
So it reads autoran.inf to find out what executables are allowed and blocks executables not listed there? And what will it do if a virus modified the autoran.inf?
It blocks the autorun.inf execution itself, without removing the autorun Vista/XP feature.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Vladimyr on March 07, 2009, 04:00:44 AM: Thanks Tech. :)
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 07, 2009, 01:41:36 PM: Quote from: Vladimyr on March 07, 2009, 04:00:44 AM
Thanks Tech. :)
You're always welcome.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: hines232 on March 08, 2009, 01:02:04 AM: Tech, Dose this software work on all OS's and Flash drives ? Thanks
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 08, 2009, 08:20:00 PM: Quote from: hines232 on March 08, 2009, 01:02:04 AM
Tech, Dose this software work on all OS's and Flash drives ? Thanks
Well, I only tested on Vista and USB drives.
I think that if it works on Vista, will do it on XP.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: YoKenny on March 09, 2009, 12:16:53 AM: Quote from: Vladimyr on March 06, 2009, 02:06:47 PM
Hi all.

Since 'Tech' mentioned it here I've installed Neo Studio USB Firewall (http://net-studio.org/application/usb_firewall.php) on a number of XP PCs (and 1 with 98SE) without any problems, or any detections!
Before I start recommending it to other users, are there any cons I should be aware of?

When I try to download I get ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND

I can't even log into the site.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 09, 2009, 12:25:01 AM: Quote from: YoKenny on March 09, 2009, 12:16:53 AM
Quote from: Vladimyr on March 06, 2009, 02:06:47 PM
Hi all.

Since 'Tech' mentioned it here I've installed Neo Studio USB Firewall (http://net-studio.org/application/usb_firewall.php) on a number of XP PCs (and 1 with 98SE) without any problems, or any detections!
Before I start recommending it to other users, are there any cons I should be aware of?

When I try to download I get ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND

I can't even log into the site.
http://www.net-studio.org/software/USB_FW.rar
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: YoKenny on March 09, 2009, 12:28:48 AM: Quote from: Tech on March 09, 2009, 12:25:01 AM
Quote from: YoKenny on March 09, 2009, 12:16:53 AM
Quote from: Vladimyr on March 06, 2009, 02:06:47 PM
Hi all.

Since 'Tech' mentioned it here I've installed Neo Studio USB Firewall (http://net-studio.org/application/usb_firewall.php) on a number of XP PCs (and 1 with 98SE) without any problems, or any detections!
Before I start recommending it to other users, are there any cons I should be aware of?

When I try to download I get ERROR 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND

I can't even log into the site.
http://www.net-studio.org/software/USB_FW.rar
I don't want to buy a rar unpacker.

If its not a zip or exe file then I'll skip it.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: DavidR on March 09, 2009, 12:45:33 AM: Many archive tools like 7zip (free) can open .rar files so you shouldn't need to buy anything.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Lisandro on March 09, 2009, 01:54:45 AM: YoKenny, www.izarc.org or the 7-zip can do it for free...
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: bob3160 on March 09, 2009, 02:41:25 AM: (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v190/bob3160/ShellFTP/IZArc.png)
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: YoKenny on March 09, 2009, 09:13:12 AM: Quote from: Tech on March 09, 2009, 01:54:45 AM
YoKenny, www.izarc.org or the 7-zip can do it for free...

An old dog needed to learn a new trick.

It is working now and I just tried it and it works.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: crofty59 on March 12, 2009, 07:39:20 AM: This may seem like a stupid question.

Do you need the usb icon in the system tray or can you exit this, and when you place a usb into the computer it will automatically show if you have malware on the comp? :-[

Do you have to have it running in system processes. :-[

Cheers
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: Vladimyr on March 12, 2009, 10:22:45 AM: Quote from: crofty59 on March 12, 2009, 07:39:20 AM
This may seem like a stupid question.

Do you need the usb icon in the system tray or can you exit this, and when you place a usb into the computer it will automatically show if you have malware on the comp? :-[

Do you have to have it running in system processes. :-[

Cheers

Yes. The monitoring requires the resident component to be loaded. If you exit you'll get no alert and any 'autorun.inf' will be allowed to run.
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: crofty59 on March 12, 2009, 10:29:10 AM: Hi Vladimyr

Thank you very much for your reply, as of now i will make sure resident component is running all the time. :)

Cheers
Title: Re: 'USB Firewall' recommended by 'Tech' - any issues?
Post by: YoKenny on March 12, 2009, 01:35:22 PM: Quote from: crofty59 on March 12, 2009, 10:29:10 AM
Hi Vladimyr

Thank you very much for your reply, as of now i will make sure resident component is running all the time. :)

Cheers

It does not require me to install Firefox though. ::)