Tools to Secure your PC with PenDrive

Tools to Secure your PC with PenDrive

One of the best benefit is that you relieve yourself the burden of password memory, although this is less of an issue if you use a secure password manager. Additional benefits exist depending on the software you use for creating the USB key.



It also has some drawbacks like a serious problem could occur if you loose or damage the USB Key, key recovery is more of a headache than resetting a password. Other drawbacks include the fact that the key permanently occupies USB port space and if you ever want to grant someone else access, you have to physically hand them the key.


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Before plunging ahead and setting up your own key, you’ll have to decide for yourself whether the pros are worth the cons.

Softwares which can be used to do the same are as follows:


Predator [Windows]

Predator is one of the most popular tools for turning a USB drive into an access control device. It’s completely free with no limitations or missing features for personal and non-commercial use, but for professional and commercial environments, it costs $30 USD per computer. Not a bad price at all, considering what it does.

As long as the USB drive is plugged in, access to the computer is allowed.USB drives used as keys will remain completely unaltered. No files will be deleted or modified in any way.

Advanced features include:

• One USB drive can be used to lock/unlock multiple computers.
• Multiple USB drives can be assigned to various users.
• Built-in scheduler that can limit computer access to certain times of day.
• Schedules can be determined on a per-user basis.
• In case of a lost or broken USB key, per-user passwords can be entered instead.
• The USB drive security codes are regularly changed, limiting the effectiveness of copied USB drives.

All in all, Predator is your best bet if you want a quick and simple solution that just works as long as you’re running Windows and have USB ports to spare. It’s the most powerful and flexible program on this list with its built-scheduler and per-user customization. You won’t find those features in its competitors.

To set up your first USB key with Predator:

• Install Predator.
• Run Predator.
• Insert your USB drive when prompted.
• Enter a password for this user.
• Select the drive that represents the USB device.
• Click the Register Key button.

Done!