Re: Spyware infection prompts McDonalds MP3 recall

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:50:03 -0500
From:                   Ron <iago () valhallalegends com>

> > From a cursory check on Google, it seemed to me that USB devices won't
> autorun on Windows, but I'm not convinced that it can't happen.

Eh?  From my recollection, it wasn't that long ago that someone was testing it out 
and finding out how far you could take autorun.  As of at least mid-year last year, I 
know that WinXP defaulted to autorun on USB sticks: I don't know if that has 
been reset in any of the recent patches.  How far you could take that with MP3 
players is open to experiment.

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