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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft rolled out a hefty batch of security updates yesterday (Feb. 8), addressing flaws in Windows and Internet Explorer. The company also made an important change to its automatic ...

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 ...

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 ...

As the inaugural article in our Security Utlity Spotlight column, I would like to introduce the Rem-VBSworm utility, which is used to clean USB and VBS AutoRun infections from a computer and USB ...

A special update released today by Microsoft changes the behavior of AutoRun on all versions of Windows except Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to adapt to the behavior in those new versions.

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 ...