Thursday, February 19, 2009

AVG Free finally detects Autorun.inf

Well, i haven't really plugged flashdisks in my pc's usb port for a while now, and lo behold! I tried it tonight and the dreaded Autorun.inf was detected!

For those who aren't familiar, Autorun.inf is a virus that exploits the autorun feature of windows. So whenever you plug in an external storage device carrying the virus, you're pc is sure to be infected once the device is detected and loaded with windows autorun activated.

The big players of course were able to release an update quickly. But for a free version anti-virus, it's cool.

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