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The Windows Secrets site has article about how to prevent
systems from executing autorun.ini files on removable media.
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/071108
It sounds like a significant hole to me. I am surprised that
this hasn't come up long ago.
The article refers to XP and Vista only. Woody Leonhard has
long paroted the M$ line that Windows 98 doesn't matter any more
and is a long time Opera denier.
The article contains a registry update file
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@="@SYS
oesNotExist"
Years I set autoinsert off in device manager and that kept CDs
from going off.
Searching my registry I didn't find these keys. (I did find a
ifilemapping under Kodak software that looked immaterial)
Questions.
1. Do the apparent ways of starting an autorun.ini in XP and
Vista, whatever they are, get around auto insert notification
unchecked in 98? Or, does that setting remain secure?
2. Are autoruns on flash drives a problem in 98? Is there an
equivalent fix for 98?
systems from executing autorun.ini files on removable media.
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/071108
It sounds like a significant hole to me. I am surprised that
this hasn't come up long ago.
The article refers to XP and Vista only. Woody Leonhard has
long paroted the M$ line that Windows 98 doesn't matter any more
and is a long time Opera denier.
The article contains a registry update file
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf]
@="@SYS
oesNotExist"Years I set autoinsert off in device manager and that kept CDs
from going off.
Searching my registry I didn't find these keys. (I did find a
ifilemapping under Kodak software that looked immaterial)
Questions.
1. Do the apparent ways of starting an autorun.ini in XP and
Vista, whatever they are, get around auto insert notification
unchecked in 98? Or, does that setting remain secure?
2. Are autoruns on flash drives a problem in 98? Is there an
equivalent fix for 98?