How to create USB blacklist in windows?

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I am sure you may have heard or used blacklist in your mobile phones.
The blacklist service in mobile phones allows you to block calls and messages from all blacklisted numbers.
Today we are going to learn how can you create USB blacklist in windows to block USB drives in windows.

This technique will protect your computer from malicious USB drives and it will also protect your computer from data stealing through USB drives. The main advantage of this technique is that you can allow USB drives you trust or you use always.


First to use create USB blacklist in windows, you must download - Techntips USB blacklist tool.
Click here to download Techntips USB blacklist.

After downloading, install Techntips USB blacklist and restart your computer.

After restarting, insert any USB drive in your computer. You will see that your computer automatically logout. This will happen everytime you will connect a USB drive which is not allowed in the computer. Read below for more information.

You can add your USB drives to whitelist (allowed USB drives list).
Follow below steps to add your USB drive in whitelist:--

_{1.  First install this program and restart pc. If you have already installed it, then skip to the next step.}

_{2.  Go to - My Documents folder}

_{3.  Then open file - usb_whitelist.txt with notepad}

_{4.  Now type in file --- AddNewUSB}  

_{5.  save the file now insert the usb you want to add in whitelist, it will automatically add the usb drive to whitelist}

_{you can change actions to shutdown,lock,logoff computer when a blacklisted(not added in whitelist) usb drive is inserted in computer}

_{1. Go to - My Documents folder}

_{2. open - usb_settings.txt in notepad}

_{3. Delete previous settings before changing them} 

    _{then type any of below commands in notepad:-}

_{action=shutdown   --------->shutdowns the pc when blacklisted usb detected}

_{action=logoff     --------->logoff user from the pc when blacklisted usb detected}

_{action=lock       --------->lock the pc when blacklisted usb is detected}

_{You can also remove USB drives from whitelist. Follow below steps to remove USB drives from whitelist.}

<sub>1.  to remove whitelisted usb, create a file - usb_remove.txt in
     My Documents  folder.
 
2.   open usb_remove.txt file with notepad
 
3.  type:-- remove=Drive  ---->replace - Drive with drive letter
     of usb to remove
    example:-- remove=G:\

4. or to remove all whitelisted usb, type below command in usb_remove.txt file

remove=all

Now save the file. It will automatically remove the USB drive from whitelist.</sub>
For more information, check --  documentation.pdf file in download package.

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