No. However, Internet connectivity is needed to download the latest virus signature database update. Internet connection is also required the first time you install DriveSecurity onto your drive.

To get started after the initial installation: Plug in your USB drive or memory card. If an AutoPlay dialog appears select Open folder to view files. Double click DriveSecurity (one time only, after that it will start automatically). If the icon doesn’t appear in the Windows notification area (system tray) then double-click DriveSecurity.exe on the […]

DriveSecurity can be installed on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 and on Mac OS X 10.14 (Mojave) and below. MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR DriveSecurity: Memory: 1024 MB of RAM USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port 300 MB of space on the USB drive

DriveSecurity is a multilingual application. It currently supports 12 languages:  English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Korean and Japanese. We are planning to add more languages soon.

After the first use, DriveSecurity is automatically launched every time you plug in the drive on that computer—the notification area icon will display.   If you plug your drive into a different computer where you did not use your DriveSecurity before, double-click DriveSecurity.exe on the portable drive. NOTE: You may find that on some of […]

Monitoring removable media begins immediately after DriveSecurity becomes active. A scan of each file, written or modified, is performed in real-time. You should be able to see the DriveSecurity icon in the system tray. By clicking on this icon, you can see files that have been scanned during this session (since the last scan) while […]

It is possible to run multiple instances of DriveSecurity on the same computer. For example, you might have two removable drives inserted, each with DriveSecurity installed.

If DriveSecurity is running, it scans files in real-time. You should be able to see DriveSecurity icon in the Windows notification area. Clicking this icon, you should see files that have been scanned during this session since the last scan. In addition, the window should read ‘ACTIVATED’ in the lower right corner and the particular […]

Sure. DriveSecurity is a portable application designed to be interrupted (drive unplugged) anytime that your operating system isn’t interacting with the drive.

Remove your portable drive using the same method that you normally use for your operating system; for instance, not while the computer is reading or writing to the device. You can click Exit in DriveSecurity Application but this operation is not required -DriveSecurity will automatically exit when you remove the drive.