From: /m 

On Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:00:07 +1000, John Beckett
 wrote:

>"Geo."  wrote in message
news::
>> A zipped version can be found here:
>> http://www.silentrunners.org/Silent%20Runners.zip
>
>OMG it's 9065 lines now! After deleting all blank and comment lines, it's
>4791 lines - that's what it takes to find autorun programs in Windows!
>
>I guess the Get-A-Clue department at Microsoft was closed down several
>years ago.

It is all a part of Microsoft's efforts to improve the security of Windows.

Microsoft are making it more and more difficult to track down all of the
insidious instances of DRM monitoring programs that are launched upon
start-up, thus making your computer more secure for the music and movie
industries.

 /m

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