Peaches Posted January 22, 2009 Report Share Posted January 22, 2009 Disabling Windows Autorun - there's a right way and a wrong way By Dan Goodin in San Francisco • 22nd January 2009 01:24 GMT After some confusion about exactly how Windows users can protect themselves against a prolific computer worm called Downadup, Microsoft security watchers are once again reiterating the steps for disabling the Autorun feature. Downadup has managed to infect an estimated 9 million machines at last count using multiple attack vectors. Two of those vectors are USB flash drives and mapped network drives, which are booby-trapped with files that compromise machines that are configured to automatically connect to CD and DVD drives and other types of media. Disabling the feature has long been a good idea, as the 2005 fiasco involving the Sony rootkit made clear. Those unfortunate enough to have Autorun configured - and the feature is turned on by default - found their machines were secretly infected by digital rights management software after playing certain Sony BMG CDs on their PCs. With Downadup spreading like wildfire, disabling Autorun is an even better idea than ever. The Register: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/22/di...indows_autorun/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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