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There are five ways of blocking USB ports completely:
1. Block physically by using a USB Port Blocker such as available from LINDY Connection Perfection, or by improvising.
2. Block from registry in Windows
3. Block using GPEDIT.MSC if you are using Windows Professional versions
4. Block from BIOS
5. Block using 3rd party software
The first four methods above will completely block your USB ports and you won't even be able to use them for devices you may need. So, it is better to use a software solution which can allow your USB drives but block others and also allows you to use devices like printers and mouse. I evaluated a lot of USB blocking software but the best was uHook Personal. You can block all kinds of removable storage devices, password protect any kind of removable storage devices, set policies for authorized and unauthorized devices and can even monitor what files were copied on allowed devices too.
Other products available are usbnotify, usbmon, etc.
Answer:
In normal home environments, you can either block the USB ports from the BIOS, cover the ports, disable the drivers in Windows, or you can edit the Windows registry to block the use of USB.
However in corporate environments, you can setup endpoint security software to give and deny permissions to groups of users to safely allow the use of USB ports.
You can disable or block the USB port by downloading and installing free software like NetWrix USB Blocker. It can be used on local computer also, but you will need to enter the domain name as workgroup in order to block the USB ports on a local computer which is not connected to any network.
Block using 3rd party software
AccessPatrol is a software that will allow you to control the USB / External devices access of all the computers on your network from a central console.
NetWrix USB blocker is a free utility which lets you block any USB ports on one or more computer on your LAN network. It lets you apply a centralized USB blocking to prevent the virus spreading though pen drives, removable drives and other USB portable devices.
This tool can is the best easy to use tool for system admins which need to block all the USB ports on the network as a part to the security group policy on the network. It uses group policy so you cannot use this tool on some of the versions of windows like Windows XP Home and Windows Home Premium.
USB Lock RP and ST provide real time administrative control over all portable memory devices connected to a PC within your network. The Control may be placed on any PC within your network or at server level. Security is at machine level.
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