I’m a Windows XP person. My only copy of Vista, until recently, was virtual and one that, for whatever reason, doesn’t support USB devices. Thus, when I wrote recently about disabling Autorun and ...

Stump the PC Club is a free tech-advice column written by members of the North Orange County Computer Club, which has been in existence since 1976. Visit the club’s site at noccc.org. Q. When I insert ...

An Autorun.inf file enables the automatic running of CD files on your computer. When you insert a CD/DVD into the drive, this application allows the files to run without manual prompting. They are in ...

I need to create a Autorun.inf file for a CD my company is releasing, and the desired behavior is for it to pop up a web page that will direct them from there.<BR><BR ...

My first posting on the topic of Autorun/Autoplay, Test your defenses against malicious USB flash drives, described three ways that bad guys trick people into running malicious software that resides ...

Virus attacks are far more common with the increasing use of the internet and external hard drives. One of the most common viruses found is the autorun.inf file. USB flash drives are the most ...

In response to the recent Conficker outbreak, Microsoft has made some changes in the AutoRun functionality in Windows 7. The main purpose of Autorun is to provide a software response to hardware ...

AutoPlay is a Windows feature that lets a user select which program starts when a specific type of media, such as music CDs, or DVDs containing photos, is inserted. During AutoPlay, the Autorun.inf ...

The Autorun.inf malware file is rather stubborn and difficult to remove. While we may keep our own computer virus-free, there are times that we may connect an infected USB pen drive to our Windows ...

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