[LINK] Fwd: new virus source

[Carl Makin]

On 15/03/2008, at 12:08 PM, Malcolm Miles wrote:

> The autorun feature does not automatically launch applications from
> USB sticks.

True, but as usual, half the story.

Many USB sticks, especially the give-aways handed out by companies,  
appear as two devices on the USB bus.  One as a USB disk and the other  
as a USB CDROM.  Of course the autorun "feature" works on the  
partition identified as a a USB CDROM.



Carl.