Write protect USB drive to prevent PC virus

No, I'm not in the wrong forum. I'm a Mac user since they where black and white.

I have a USB thumb drive I use to carry my PowerPoint Presentations and other staff to the PC world. The problem is that every time I plug my drive on one of those it gets inffected, and often machines with anti-virus software rejects my drive and ejects it.

So I'm looking for a way to write protect my drive, to only be readable and no virus can get in. All these made from my Mac. The USB drive is formated as FAT-DOS

Maybe same way to create a fake dummy file whith the size of the free space.

Any ideas? Thantks


Carlos

Sorry if my english is not perfect.

Have a look at this ... it has served me well

https://www.ironkey.com/

Cheers ... McBie

McBie said:

Have a look at this ... it has served me well
https://www.ironkey.com/
Cheers ... McBie

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Nice, but pricey.

To the OP: Look for a USB key drive with a write protect read only switch. They're still sold but a bit hard to find. I have one here at home and use it all the time. I bought my drive at CompUSA some time ago. But I believe you can still find them at Office Depot, Staples, and maybe even Best Buy.

Regards.

chscag said:

Nice, but pricey.

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True, but it all relates to the value of what you are trying to protect.

The manual " read only " switch on pen drives is what it is ..... it's manual.

In the end it's a personal choice.

Cheers ... McBie