A Pendrive is commonly known as a portable Universal Serial Bus (USB) flash drive. It is used to transfer audio, video, and data files from one computer to another. As long as the computer or laptop has a USB port and the pen drive is compatible with the operating system, moving the data from the hard drive to the device and another computer can be done easily. Once the Pendrive is active, files can be dragged, dropped, copied and pasted into the memory. To know how to install antivirus in Pendrive, follow the instructions below.
Solution 1: Enable the Auto-Renewal feature
- First, you need to download an antivirus on your computer.
- Drag and drop the downloaded antivirus file to your computer’s desktop.
- Now, insert the Pendrive into your computer’s USB port.
- Make sure that your computer recognizes the mounted Pendrive.
- Now, the name of your Pendrive will be a Removable Drive on your computer.
- Select Start > Search and type the keyword Computer.
- Click the Removable Drive icon on the screen.
- After selecting the removable drive, a pop-up window will display on your screen and prompts you to install the antivirus on the USB Flash Drive.
- Now, select and drag the portable antivirus from the desktop to the Removable Drive window.
- Start the installation process.
- Specify the drive character of your Pendrive and follow the on-screen prompts to complete the installation process.
- Open the EXE file saved in the Removable Drive window and click on the Start Scanning option to start the scan process.
- Now, you can disconnect the Pendrive from your computer.
You can use the above steps for installing a portable antivirus in your Pendrive.
