Annoying Autoplay

[op2rules]

If you run Windows Vista/7 Disable this service now!

 

http://www.ghacks.ne...-disk-autoplay/

 

It disables autoplay and that message that asks to scan every flash drive you plug in! Two very annoying features killed with 1 stone

Edited January 1, 2011 by op2rules

[L.C.]

The reason it is good security practice to set Autorun to "Do nothing" by default and disable Autorun in Windows (whether you are running 2000/XP/Vista/7) is because this feature relies on a file autorun.inf located at the root directory of removable media and can be used to autorun malicious software.

 

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

 

(By default, I always disable Autorun via control panel and GPO.)

[Cheese]

anyone that isnt a computer newb disables things like that and balloon tips upon installing windows

[op2rules]

The reason it is good security practice to set Autorun to "Do nothing" by default and disable Autorun in Windows (whether you are running 2000/XP/Vista/7) is because this feature relies on a file autorun.inf located at the root directory of removable media and can be used to autorun malicious software.

 

It's not a bug, it's a feature!

 

(By default, I always disable Autorun via control panel and GPO.)

Yea I usually disable it too but now with this service being disabled it takes care of the autorun too! That's what makes it so epic! Haha gotta love those features

 

anyone that isnt a computer newb disables things like that and balloon tips upon installing windows

 

I know Cheese, you're the most amazing person in the world and I'm a completely retarded dumbass for thinking that ANYONE would benefit from my post. And we are all newbs with computers compared to you.

[🜲 Samapico]

erm... that 'scan and fix' dialog really did fix my usb drive once after I removed it not properly. The whole filesystem on it was screwed up and only a few files were showing up. Scan and fix repaired it all and the missing files and folders magically reappeared.

 

Just saying.

[★ Lynx]

I don't see the point. I find that Autorun is pretty useful for flash drives as it lets you quickly open the folder to drop into the drive quickly, the scan and fix dialog box appears only when you have dirty bits on your flash drive and autorun.inf files don't run in Windows 7. But either way, if it makes you feel like you're not a computer noob or you don't like flash drives opening quickly, disable it... Whatever gets your blood flowing.

[op2rules]

I don't know for me it asks to scan every single drive I put in regardless of it's condition, and even if I scan it the next time I plug the drive in I get the same message as if I never scanned it at all. And that's with an intact filesystem to begin with. If you DO get a corrupt drive you can always just run a chkdsk on it.

[L.C.]

I don't know for me it asks to scan every single drive I put in regardless of it's condition, and even if I scan it the next time I plug the drive in I get the same message as if I never scanned it at all. And that's with an intact filesystem to begin with. If you DO get a corrupt drive you can always just run a chkdsk on it.

How is Windows supposed to know nothing malicious-wise had happened with your drive from the time you unplug it to the time you plug it in?

 

To avoid getting a corrupt drive, either unplug the drive when absolutely no activity is occurring on your drive or use the 'Safely remove device' function of Windows (or Linux equivalent). Donno if OS crashing or freezing could possibly have some to do with filesystem corruption..

 

But hey, people can do whatever they please and want, after all, that's what it is about: you.

[Dr Brain]

LC, nothing can happen unless you click to run the program. This wasn't the case in Windows OSes made more than 10 years ago, but it's true now.

[Cheese]

which is why it is literally designed to fool newbs into clicking it