Kudos to Microsoft for taking a good step here.
Therefore, you will have a chance to scan the drive and clean all viruses before opening it.
Now when you insert the USB drive in your computer running Windows 7 the virus will not come to your computer unless you don’t manually open the drive. So how do we benefit from removing Autorun.inf feature? Lets suppose that you insert a USD drive in your computer running Windows Vista/XP, it will automatically catch the virus since the program(that is infected) will open automatically(if it is configured to open with autorun.inf). Autorun.inf virus is quite deadly and should not be taken lightly. The whole process is like a chain reaction. If a USB is infected by a virus, the moment you insert it in your computer, your system will get a virus too. One of the biggest problem of autorun.inf is the virus itself.
But in this case, it seems like autorun.inf has more downsides than upsides. This also saves them plenty of steps if the file/program is located deep inside some directory.įor every upside there is an equal downside. With autorun.inf you could assign which programs should run automatically when USB drive is inserted, thus, making it easier for the users. So is this good news or bad news? Spoiler Alert: It is good news!įirst lets talk about the good aspects. This means that when you insert the USB drive, the programs will not automatically start up. Microsoft has removed the autorun.inf feature from Windows 7.
