USB flash drives help us transfer files to and from desktop to laptop, or to share files with others. They make life easier, but if the flash drive is infected with a virus, not only could you lose the data on the drive, you could also compromise the security of any computer the drive is plugged into. NTFS Drive Protection can help protect your removable drives, preventing malware from creating its needed autorun.inf file

What is new on version 1.5 (Friday , 10. March 2017)
1. [Fixed] – Some minor BUGs
2. [Fixed] – Icon Appearance
3. [Added] – Inherit control (Process time reduced)
4. [Added] – Timer added to find out how long the process take
5. [Added] – Option to take ownership of unprotected folders and file lists (when there is a protection on the drive)
6. [Added] – Drag and Drop support for Open/Close protection buttons
7. [Added] – X64 version

To Start protection:

Note: To use the “NTFS Drive Protection” your removable drive’s file system must be NTFS!

1. Run NTFS Drive Protection and select your drive (under “Target Drive”)
2. If you want to create an unprotected folder, tick the “Create an Unprotected Folder” checkbox and type the desired folder name. You can add multiple folders at once by typing the folder name and using the “Add to list” button (the plus (+) icon). It will add the name to the list, and after you click the “Start Protection” button the listed unprotected folders will be created automatically.

3. Click the “Start Protection” button and wait for it to complete. The length of this process varies, depending on the number of drivers, files, drive capacity, drive speed, and access speed (e.g. USB 2.0 , 3.0)

After starting the protection, you can access the removable drive’s files and folders but you can not change them nor can you create any new files or folders. If the process completed without error, a success message box is displayed.

Now your removable drive is protected and a status indicator (on the right side of the progress bar) will show a white “locked” padlock on a green background.

To Stop protection:

1. Run NTFS Drive Protection and select your drive (under “Target Drive”)

2. Click the “Stop Protection” button and wait for it to complete. After the process completes, a status indicator on the right side of the progress bar will show you a white “unlocked” padlock on a red background.

Drag and Drop function

Drag and Drop function simplify the Start – Stop protection for the File and Folders for example you want to add something to a protected folder just drag and drop it on the “Stop Protection” button , File/Folder Permission will change.

a) Dragging any file or folder on the “Start protection” Button will automatically revoke write permissions
b) Dragging any file or folder on the “stop Protection” button will automatically change permissions to Write protection

When drive status is protected , You can also enter the folder/File path into the box and use “Apply to Drive” button (blue tick icon) to unprotect it.

Why you should use NTFS Drive Protection:

1. It is portable freeware (no need to install it)
2. It protects your data from viruses, spyware, and other malware (it’s designed to protect your USB Drive and prevent it from spreading viruses)
3. It’s very easy to use!

Note: If you use Windows XP or Windows 2003 and can’t see the NTFS option, please unplug your removable drive and plug it in again. Formatting will delete all data on the removable drive. For more information please read the Help File.

Supported operating systems: Windows 11 , Windows 10 , Windows 8.1 , Windows 8 , Windows 7 , Windows Vista , Winsows xp – (both x86 and x64)

Supported languages: English , Bulgarian , Simplifed Chinese , Traditional Chinese , French , German , Greek , Hungarian , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Persian , Polish , Portuguese , Russian , Swedish , Spanish , Turkish , Ukrainian , Vietnamese, Dutch , Malaysian , Arabic , Slovenian , Indonesian , Hebrew , Romanian

File: DriveProtect_x64.exe │ virustotal
MD5: 329bcc6e4ef0da0f0596d0d4dd28e8f6
SHA1: b888693ebd9825ce732a3bd5e976a6cef28fd9af

File: DriveProtect.exe │ virustotal
MD5: 9a9f05243eb09368ccc182a0089f4908
SHA1: c7752e1272142db71ba1cf8b48d31b8bbfd85ea7