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From: Mike N. On Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:00:23 -0400, "Rich Gauszka" wrote: >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 It's at least comforting that they caught that one in their Vista security analysis. This should be retrofitted to XP/2000 IMO, since most users are blissfully unaware of the dangers. --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) SEEN-BY: 633/267 5030/786 @PATH: 379/45 1 633/267 |
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