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Autorun.inf
« on: October 21, 2011, 02:33:18 AM »
One of our IT here in office concluded that Autorun.inf is a malware. Can anyone give me some facts that Autorun.inf is not a malware?

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Re: Autorun.inf
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2011, 04:58:54 AM »
One of our IT here in office concluded that Autorun.inf is a malware. Can anyone give me some facts that Autorun.inf is not a malware?

MS doesn't typically document how to create malware.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/cc144200%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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