MS disable autorun instructions updated/corrected

[kalniel]

Thanks to the Register for pointing this out - apparently the previous MS instructions for doing this weren't correct and might have left some vulnerabilities. So now MS have issued new guidance for how to disable autorun here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953252

Disabling Autorun helps prevent virus transmission via infected media.

[Giraffe]

Funny how it mentions XP SP2 and Vista but not XP SP3.
I looked at this after seeing The Register's article yesterday, but didn't do it due to the omission.

There are these as well:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1150

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS08-067.mspx

[TheAnimus]

Its XP SP2 and later.

XP Sp1 and before are un-supported, but strangely used by my former employer (major German bank!) for all their desktop needs along with a very insecure linux distro..........