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1. #CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE HOW TO#
2. #CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE INSTALL#
3. #CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE SOFTWARE#
4. #CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE WINDOWS#

Giving credit where it is due, a guy named Emin Atac came up with this approach.

#CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE WINDOWS#

With the solution I am suggesting Windows media player still recognizes when you change a disc. When you use Microsoft’s solution, each time you change a CD for Media player you have to close and re-open Windows Media player for it to recognize the new disk. The Microsoft solution is ineffective and breaks Windows Media Player.

#CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE SOFTWARE#

This should prevent malicious software from changing the value of the key in almost all cases. I go into the special permissions, add “everyone” and then deny all access except to read and query the key. The value of the key is extra security you can go to the new autorun.inf key and set some special permissions. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows you create and then run the registry file it create a key called Autorun.inf in HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows Nt/Currentversion/IniFileMapping. Please note, the second line wraps, but it is really a single line. You might name it, noautorun.reg, but the name isn’t as important as the final extension. You can copy and paste everything between the dashed lines into your file. Here are the contents of the registry file. alternately, you can create the registry key by hand if you are so inclined. You need to use something like notepad, or if you use Word, then you must save the file as a plain text file, not a document.

#CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE HOW TO#

Michael provides a link to a program to do this on his blog, but I’ll tell you how to create the file here. The fix involves creating a registry key.

Here’s where it gets a little bit techie. You can read more about it on his blog from January 30th (). My friend, Michael Horowitz, who blogs at, recently shared a real solution with me. Microsoft does not provide a truly effective solution for disabling autorun and the partial solution they suggest is cumbersome. In January, nearly 1 out of every 10 threats we detected at ESET used autorun. In 2008 more than 1 out of every 15 threats we detected were using autorun.inf to help infect users.

#CREATE AN AUTORUN FILE INSTALL#

The problem is that the bad guys know that and often use autorun to install malicious software as soon as a USB drive is plugged in. The idea was that a user doesn’t have to know how to double click on setup.exe, they just put a CD or USB key in and the program runs itself. The way autorun works is that when you use removable media, such as a USB key, a CD, etc., Windows will automatically look for a file called “autorun.inf” and if it is there then Windows will do what the file says to do. The idea of autorun is to attempt to make it so that a person can use a computer with a minimal amount of knowledge. It is the longest standing un-patched Microsoft vulnerability and Microsoft calls it a “feature”. OK, this doesn’t actually foil Conficker, but it does block one of the attack vectors and prevents many other threats from automatically infecting your computer too, The idea of autorun is to attempt to make it so that a person can OK, this doesn’t actually foil Conficker, but it does block one of the attack vectors and prevents many other threats from automatically infecting your computer too, It is the longest standing un-patched Microsoft vulnerability and Microsoft calls it a “feature”.