From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Mike N"  wrote in message
news:4606e46a$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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>  I would add "be suspicious of ALL USB sticks with Autorun.inf as
well.",
> although you can only inspect them from a command prompt.
>
>  Anyone: Is Vista also susceptible with the Shell Hardware Detection
> service (AKA AutoVirusExecute) enabled?
>
>
>

In Vista if a USB stick has an autorun.inf file it will not run
automatically by default- you will receive a prompt asking if you want to
run the program specified in the autorun.inf. That probably means that many
users are only one click away from installing a virus


The default StartupType for Shell Hardware Detection in Vista is automatic.

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