[Web4lib] USB Drive Encryption?

[Thomas Bennett]

Actually, for a little clarification,  it doesn't assume its an installation 
script but does execute any defined executables on the source or on the 
machine connected to.  In Windows

 "when the "disk change notification" polling discovers a new disk in the CD 
or DVD ROM drive [or any removable media_ tb], then, if the "Auto insert 
notification" feature is enabled (it is by default), Windows checks in the 
new disk's root directory for the existence of an "autorun.inf" file. If 
found, Windows then reads and follows the specific instructions this file 
defines. "

I've used this myself to create a slideshow on a CD to automatically start 
IrfanView and it installed nothing.  Although leaving the default setting to 
allow "auto insert notification" on can be dangerous in any case.  Even some 
of the External USB harddrives run programs when you connect to them to a 
Windows machine.

Thomas




On Wednesday 19 December 2007 13:11, John Fereira wrote:
>
> It is also worth noting that USB drives are being used to disseminate
> viruses.   On a windows machine, when the O/S detects a file called
> autorun.inf on removable media it assumes that it is an installation
> script and executes it (I believe windows can be configured to change
> this behavior).  If the autorun.inf file is replaced by something
> nefarious all sorts of bad things can happen.
>
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