Internal USB Hacking

Check the BIOS on your machine, sometimes USB ports can be turned off there.

What exactly is an internal attack from your usb ports?

to disable your usb ports:

start>>settings>>controlpannel>>system>>hardware>>device manager>>USB Controllers>> disable the usb controllers there.

This may be off assistance to you. I havent tried this personally but its from Petri so you can be pretty sure that it is right on. This is an ADM file for the group policy management console that will allow you to disable USB through a group policy.

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks_with_gpo.htm

By internal attack i mean i wish to prevent a hack attack from within the workplace on my computer via the USB ports. (i will rewrite the question to try and clarify this)

alienvoice: your suggestion works however i still want to be able to use the USB ports myself without having to enable/disable them each time. Is it possible to password protect or something similar?

Thankyou
Dwarf

Ah i understand this. We used this method in our school enviroment.

http://www.petri.co.il/disable_usb_disks.htm

Can use the reg hack to disable it and re enable it.

xxdcmast:
i read this article and even though i am running windows 7 i still tried this method. i was able to add the removable_storage.adm file to the administrative templates however when it came to change the filter settings i could not find the "Only show policy settings that can be fully managed" option? can you help with this, or, can u explain to me what this process does in laymans terms?

alienvoice:
i appreciate your help however this is not what i am looking for as this will only stop any NEW devices being used on my computer (whats to stop someone enabling these files again..).

thanks guys

have you tried this software. It's free: http://www.intelliadmin.com/DisableUSB_Free.exe

are u still looking for a solution