Whenever you plug in or insert a new device into your computer,
Windows tries to automatically run it for you. Sure that is convenient, but this
is one of the most common ways that viruses spread in to systems. If you plug in
an infected USB flash drive or a CD drive, the Autorun feature of Windows
automatically executes an autorun.inf file located in the root of removable
devices.
This option can be used by malicious programs to run any
unwanted script or program on your computer if it contains some malicious code
to gain administrative privileges on your computer. The damage can be anything
from someone else using your computer to stealing files from your
computer. Today, we have a portable application called Autorun
Manager, which lets you quickly disable and re-enable autorun feature
for a lot of devices.
The application has one main window that controls disabling and
enabling the autorun feature of all the devices. Other than the normal CD-ROM/
DVD-ROM, Removable Devices, Network Drives and RAM Disks, Autorun Manager lets
you disable autorun also for unknown devices. There are several options with
different combinations of devices for easily and quickly disabling them. To
disable a device from performing autorun, just select it from the list and
click Apply.
The Disable all option disables autorun for all the devices. If
you want to activate the autorun feature again, select Re-Enable All and click
Apply.
During testing, I felt that there should be an enable feature
for every option. Instead of the current selection boxes, it would be better if
each option has a checkbox and lets you choose more than one option at one time.
The application works on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, Windows
Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
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