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 resides ...

Boise, ID, USA and Bucharest, Romania, November 17th, 2010. Endpoint Protector launched the free AutoRun Disable tool, a solution designed to prevent malware infections spread through USB ports and ...

Here’s some good news in the ongoing fight against Windows-based malware – it appears that there has been a significant drop in the number of computers being infected by malware which exploits the ...

After loosing my USB drive for the first time, I'm now a lot more concerned about backing up my files. What I have in mind is for my USB drive to automatically copy its contents to a local hard drive ...

Here’s some good news. Microsoft has revealed on one of its blogs that the next version of Windows will change the way in which the operating system handles USB flash drives to fight the growing ...

Free software that prevents viruses infected by autorun (automatic startup) when USB memory is connected to PC is "Bitdefender USB Immunizer"is. Create a dummy autorun.inf file in the USB memory and ...

It seems unlikely that Microsoft has any major news involving Windows 7 features up its sleeve, but interesting tidbits are still coming out. The latest is today’s news that it’s eliminating the ...

Even though that protection is now available for all supported versions of Windows from XP to Windows 7, it isn't necessarily installed. So BitDefender has released USB Immunizer to prevent the ...

Microsoft has finally decided to push out a Windows update that should stop attempts to exploit AutoRun with a USB stick. AutoRun is a feature of the Windows operating system that fires up any program ...

Many people are confused about Windows Autorun and Autoplay, including otherwise competent techies. You may be confused and not even realize it. I was. In the good old days, neither Autorun nor ...