Re: Auto-Run CD - Disabling Screensavers

[Chris Hall <chall () verio net>]

[themac () bigpond net au] Mon, May 12, 2003 at 05:37:47PM +0800 wrote:
> I read somewhere (a while back on this list) that a CD burnt tool 
> exists to disable the password protected screen savers on workstation 
> (or server) if the CD Auto run setting is enabled on that machine...
>
> Does anyone know of the link for this resource?
>
> Systems : Windows 2000 workstations
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>  

  There is/was an issue with using the cd autorun feature on Win9.x/NT that was 
enabled by default. Bascily, one can just create a CD with a autorun.inf file 
to run whatever. I am not sure if Win2k is affected by this.  

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/47338/2003-05-10/2003-05-16/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/993

 It should be fairly easy to create your own to do whatever. Looking back 
through the archives, here is one example.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/101/155392/2001-01-08/2001-01-14/2

 I do remember quite a few "tools" floating around, but couldn't locate any 
googling, course i really didn't spend a whole lot of time looking either. :) 


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Thanks,

- Chris Hall

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