After some years of telling users to disable the feature - but providing no easy way to do it - Microsoft re-engineered AutoRun in Windows 7, preventing viruses from making use of it for USB keys and other removable media. And now, an update is being pushed to users of older versions of the OS through Windows Update which should close the loophole for good.Source: Hexus
This patch - which essentially back-ports the Windows 7 changes to Server 2008 and earlier operating systems - was originally released in November 2009, but it was made an optional download to satisfy the needs of business users. Only now is it being pushed out to everyone automatically.
Microsoft update disables Autorun for flash drives
Posted on Thursday, February 10 2011 @ 12:19 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck