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I have my old computer with "Windows XP" on it. I was thinking if I could prevent the execution of .EXE .BAT .VBS and .LNK on Removable Devices. I can't find "Deny Execute Access" on Group Policy. Is there any possible ways to prevent it. I don't like using any antivirus on my old PC.
MC0de
Posted 2015-12-18T03:12:24.393
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I was able to solve my own question basing it from http://www.mechbgon.com/srp/index.html#setup
BUT you would have to manually assign drive letters to block the execution from the list of executable file extensions. And I think this is it. Since this OS is old enough I don't really need to take much time fixing it. If you find a better answer you may post it here.
Here's what I did.
MC0de
Posted 2015-12-18T03:12:24.393
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From what I can see on the screenshots, it should be working just fine. Isn't it? – Luiz Angelo – 2016-02-01T19:07:49.777
yep, after making any changes, you have to Refresh Group Policy settings with GPUpdate.exe or simply restart your computer. – MC0de – 2016-02-06T03:15:47.923
if you are worried about things autorunning from removable devices, try disabling the autorun of removable drives. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-prevent-a-usb-drive-from-running-anything-automatically-in-windows/
– Sнаđошƒаӽ – 2015-12-18T03:20:56.317I already disabled autorun on my PC but my brother keeps on plugging usb with shortcuts(.lnk ) in it. – MC0de – 2015-12-18T03:27:01.943
If someone could answer this. I could also fix someone's computer cause they are careless to execute those shortcut files and other viruses. – MC0de – 2015-12-18T03:35:54.260
There's really no answer anywhere else on superuser, or from a web search? XP came out like 15 years ago, did you search? – Xen2050 – 2015-12-18T07:26:40.780