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AutoRun and the companion feature AutoPlay are components of the Microsoft Windows operating system that dictate what actions the system takes when a drive is mounted.. AutoRun was introduced in Windows 95 to ease application installation for non-technical users and reduce the cost of software support calls.
autorun.inf is an ASCII text file located in the root folder of a CD-ROM or other volume device medium (See AutoPlay device types).The structure is that of a classic Windows .ini file, containing information and commands as "key=value" pairs, grouped into sections. [1]
After AutoRun completes, AutoPlay initiates by doing an examination of the volume for content. This is called content sniffing . AutoPlay decides whether the volume is an Audio CD, movie DVD, a blank recordable medium (a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R etc.) or a generic volume which contains files.
Agent.BTZ, also named Autorun, [1] [2] is a computer worm that infects USB flash drives with spyware. A variant of the SillyFDC worm, [ 3 ] it was used in a massive 2008 cyberattack on the US military , infecting 300,000 computers.
Windows Sysinternals supplies users with numerous free utilities, most of which are being actively developed by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell, [7] such as Process Explorer, an advanced version of Windows Task Manager, [8] Autoruns, which Windows Sysinternals claims is the most advanced manager of startup applications, [9] RootkitRevealer, a rootkit detection utility, [10] Contig ...
Nakashima, Ellen; Julie Tate (8 Dec 2011), "Cyber-intruder sparks massive federal response — and debate over dealing with threats", The Washington Post, washingtonpost.com This article, which contains previously undisclosed information on the extent of the infection, the nature of the response and the fractious policy debate it inspired, is based on interviews with two dozen current and ...
1 Explanation of Sample AutoRun.inf File. 2 Factual inaccuracy. 2 comments. 3 A better way? 1 comment. 4 Beat the Home Team! 1 comment.
Beginning with Windows 7, AutoPlay disables AutoRun entries and only supports optical media such as CDs and DVDs due to security issues associated with automatically executing content on portable flash media; Microsoft later backported this change to Windows XP and Windows Vista. [32]