In Win7RC1 it only is enabled for optical media, IIRC... with MS thinking about making the change for Vista/XP as well (via next SP mebbe?)
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 7:47 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: My OS is better than your OS > > Did I read somewhere that Win7 disables autorun for removable storage? > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 7:25 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: My OS is better than your OS > > Indeed. > > I liked the "toss some old USB flash drives around the parking lot with > autorun.inf files on them and your malware of choice, and watch users > plug their new find in to their machine..." > > -sc > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Brutsche [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 1:26 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: My OS is better than your OS > > I'm not convinced it's one that can be fixed. > > There will always be gullible users vulnerable to social engineering, > no > matter how much the non-gullible types try to educate them. > > Ken Schaefer wrote: > > b) (a) notwithstanding, the biggest problem at the moment is PEBKAC, > > and that's a platform agnostic problem. > > -- > > Phil Brutsche > [email protected] > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
