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 ...

But before that, let us see what is AutoPlay and AutoRun in Windows. Then we will see how to enable or disable AutoPlay or AutoRun in Windows 11/10/8. Autorun is used to start some programs or ...

More than a month after the US-CERT alerted users to the problems with the instructions for disabling the AutoRun capability in Windows, Microsoft has released a fix for the AutoRun problem.

I need to know how (or if I can) disable a function of autorun. If there is an "autorun.inf" sitting in the root of a hard drive, and someone double clicks on "My Computer" and then double clicks ...

Many security experts recommend turning off the Autorun featureto stop a common malware tactic of infecting a removable drive,such as a USB drive, so that it will automatically attempt tospread ...

More malware these days resort to ‘autorun.inf’ file tactics, and as such, there is a need for a tool that automatically monitors and removes suspicious autorun.inf files found in the root ...

“It’s important to note that it’s possible to avoid most Conficker infection risks generically, by practicing ‘safe hex’: keep up-to-date with system patches, disable Autorun, and don ...

The "non-security update" doesn't affect shiny media" such as CDs or DVDs that contain Autorun files, and is targeting other removable media. The move aims to limit the number of AutoRun ...

The primary culprits here: Microsoft Windows’ autorun and autoplay features for portable media devices (USB keys, USB hard drives, camera memory flash cards, and so on). To make users’ lives ...

the discs contain a reader application plus some opaque data files. The discs are obviously created to fire up via autorun. When I insert the CD and doubleclick the drive icon, the app starts and ...

Businesses may opt to run a PDF document automatically to showcase important documentation regarding a particular project. This process effectively raises the document's priority, as users can ...

If you’re hoping to autorun, we have some good news for PC players, and not so good news for console players. To autorun in Starfield, press the Num Lock on your keyboard. You can still toggle ...