I_Broke_My_MHZ Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 I had a few friends who got infected simply by inserting another persons USB thumb drive or hard drive. I have AV software, but so did they, and they still got messed up So I was wondering, how do the viruses run themselves just by inserting the drive? More importantly, is there software that will stop this autorun like behavior?
egrath Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Maybe you have Autorun enabled for the drive where your USB Stick gets mounted on. Disable Autorun (e.g. with Tweakui for this drive and you're fine.Egon
I_Broke_My_MHZ Posted August 18, 2005 Author Posted August 18, 2005 Okay, I unchecked "enable autoplay for removable drives". That's it huh? Cool, thanks
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