Can I turn off autorun? How?

[Jackson]

I am afraid of getting malware from a thumb drive. How do I
turn the autorun function off? Is there a downside to
disabling autorun?

Thanks
Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

 

[Big_Al]

Jackson said this on 1/4/2009 4:31 PM:

I am afraid of getting malware from a thumb drive. How do I
turn the autorun function off? Is there a downside to
disabling autorun?

Thanks
Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

On your personal thumb drive? What is on there that you think is bad?

 

[Alan Edwards]

This may help. It is about photo frames but the principle is the same.

Popular photo frames carry risk of infection
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/02/BUV9150IH8.DTL&type=tech

....Alan

 

[JD]

I am afraid of getting malware from a thumb drive. How do I
turn the autorun function off? Is there a downside to
disabling autorun?

Thanks
Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-018

 

[Jackson]

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article03-018

Thanks, JD. That TweakUI is pretty neat.



Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

 

[JD]

Thanks, JD. That TweakUI is pretty neat.



Jack from Taxacola (formerly Pensacola), FL

TweakUI is really cool. Tweak away!