USBVirusScan

The USBVirusScan application was designed to be a small tool that will launch any program you provide as a command line parameter each time a USB stick is inserted. I use it to start a full virus scan on the inserted USB drive, hence the name.

For example, to start a cmd.exe on each USB drive you insert, you start USBVirusScan like this:

USBVirusScan cmd /k %d:

%d (or %c for legacy reasons) is a placeholder for the drive-letter of the inserted USB drive.

USBVirusScan uses a system tray icon and balloons to announce the insertion of a USB drive. If you want to hide this system tray icon, start USBVirusScan with option -i, like this: USBVirusScan -i cmd /k %d:

You can also hide the command line console with option -c. This only works with Console applications, not with Windows applications. Option -e will disable the Exit command in the pop-up menu.

The -q switch will stop a running instance of USBVirusScan.

A new flag, -d, adds debugging support to USBVirusScan. When this flag is present, USBVirusScan will write debug output when drives are inserted.