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Autorun.inf is the main instruction file which is associated with the function of Autorun. It is basically a simple configuration file which is text-based and commands the OS regarding various functions such as which icon needs to be used, which extra menu commands to make available and which executable needs to be started. That is, it provides information to Windows about opening a presentation and treating the CD contents. Rarely, the autorun.inf files will be created by pirated software which will damage the computer system completely. Few of these create new autorun files and if available in a pen drive or CD, they can ... Read Full Story

Home » Computers , Featured , Headline , Virus Alerts 24 April 2009 2 views No Comment I had mentioned in a previous article about the spam being pushed out by the thousands thanks to its connection to the Waledac, well it would seem that Yahoo is a bit late in mentioning that news article or maybe not, depending on where you get your info from. Either way, I think the reason why this article was written, was that most “home” users don’t check out most computer magazine based websites and so this article can be considered a summary of whats been going on ... Read Full Story

I have seen many people using pendrives or USB drives, suffering from viruses in their pendrives. One of the most poplular is AUTORUN.INF . What is autorun.inf ? AUTORUN.INF Viruses are virus that uses the Autorun feature of Windows to spread itself on computers. This virus makes a copy of the autorun.inf file to the root or main directory of all the drives on your PC, internal and / or external disks, to make the virus runs every time the external disks like pendrives or USB drives were inserted or every time you double-click the drives through the Windows Explorer. How to remove or ... Read Full Story

Home » Computers , Featured , Headline , Virus Alerts 28 May 2009 3 views No Comment In my last post about the Conficker Worm, it was well on its way if pushing out a lot of spam and I believe I have gotten quite a few from that little guy. Regardless if it came from Conficker or not I still deleted the emails and what not, however, Conficker is still going pretty strong at 50,000 computers a day and it would seem that India, US, Brazil are topping the charts in infections and in the heat map below you can check what countries ... Read Full Story

Home » Computers , Featured , Headline , Virus Alerts 15 April 2009 1 views No Comment Its funny the moment I joined Twitter last week, Twitter gets slammed with their own worm, and the fool to advertise that he did it was 17-year old Michael “Mikeyy” Mooney. The worm is called StalkDaily or Mikeyy and as for what this worm does is spam tweets in affected twitter accounts. Luckily Mikeyy was smart enough to name brand himself on his worm and then fess up to it later that weekend. As for the reason he did this, “I was bored.” First off, you were ... Read Full Story