Microsoft is taking the hatchet to aspects of AutoRun in Windows 7, as it reacts to new attacks by hackers.
Autoplay is the dialog box that pops up when you connect removable media, such as flash drives to your computer. Autorun options are those which appear in the dialog box allowing you to install a program or browse files.
Autorun is typically used to start an installation program running when you first insert a CD or DVD.
However, in recent times it has become the plaything of hackers, most prominently in the spread of the Conficker worm.
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