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echo: nthelp
to: Rich Gauszka
from: John Beckett
date: 2006-08-08 10:22:22
subject: Re: Gotcha

From: John Beckett 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
news::
> Just tried it with autorun.inf copied to usb memory stick - ejected stick,
> inserted stick again - Opened via 'My Computer' - Yep it worked as you said.

It's a bit of a worry! I saw this a few weeks ago on a security mailing
list where people were discussing how lusers manage to get infected, and
this guy pointed out that you can't really blame someone for
double-clicking a drive in My Computer.

John

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