Autorun, malware, viruses, thumb drives, and Facebook games
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To preface this, a friend had problems with his computer lately, odd cases of explorer crashing for "no reason", he could only reboot successfully in safe mode, etc. He initially blamed it on Facebook games, but I'm finding that to be a scapegoat lately, more likely causes are being ignored. He's a heavy user of thumb drives, and I'm convinced he grabbed one of those thumb drive "viruses" -- some kind of malware that leeches onto the thumb/flash drives, and spreads by way of autorun. I've seen and heard of entire school, college and workplace networks spreading these nasty things. By default, autorun is enabled in Windows, and the only way to really turn it off through normal means is one drive at a time. Well, a thumb drive adds a new drive in most cases, with autorun already enabled. By the time you can disable it, it's already too late! You need to disable autorun system-wide, for any possible drive letter. I suggested he look up
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Malware (malicious software) is all over the place these days. Some people call it a virus, others call it spyware -- regardless of what you call it, it's never any good for you. Disabling autorun/autoplay is just one more way to protect yourself. Don't forget to add good anti-virus software, too!
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hi
I know what you're saying. A few months ago my explorer started crashing several times a day with no specific reason. I went to an It specialist and recommended an older but better version of kaspersky and the computer is fine now.
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