If you have ever had problems with autorun files in Windows (within a corporate environment) here is some good news for you.
If you, in your environment set up a GPO to disable autorun.inf to combat the spread of virus/malware you were likely dissapointed, yes the setting was propogated to the pc’s but it did not stop all autorun.inf’s from executing. The problem (among other things) had to do with complexities of autorun introduced with of USB devices (before it was only cd and disks).
Anyway, FINNALLY Microsoft has come up with a patch, lets just hope it works out 🙂 I have not had the opputunity to test it yet.
Patch should be introduced via Windows Update, for more details look here;u
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/967940.mspxUpdate March 8th 2009, I tested the patch, and it DOES now work on network shares as well, excellent 🙂
https://readmydamnblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toplogo4.png00Mikehttps://readmydamnblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toplogo4.pngMike2009-02-26 13:37:432009-03-08 14:20:47Autorun FIXED – good news for Windows
Unless you live under a rock (on the moon), you should have heard about the court case against “The Pirate Bay” a torrent tracker site in Sweden, charges are piracy and aiding in committing piracy (well more or less).
I was patching a newly installed Win 2003 server, and the first thing I was met by was that the Windows Update web site could not be opened unless it was added as a Trusted site, however when trying to add the site http://update.microsoft.comI was met by a dialog box stating that “”There was an unexpected error with your zone settings. Unable to add site.“. On this server Internet Explorer Enhanced security had been uninstalled.
Solution;
Re-install “Internet Explorer Enhanced security” from control panel, add remove programs, Windows components.
Add the zones you need.
If you like uninstall “Internet Explorer Enhanced security” again.
https://readmydamnblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toplogo4.png00Mikehttps://readmydamnblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/toplogo4.pngMike2009-02-26 10:51:262009-02-26 10:51:26IE7 – Zone problems on Windows 2003
Autorun FIXED – good news for Windows
OS, SecurityPirate Bay – Updates
NewsIf you find the case interesting you can follow it here;
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/yo_ho_ho/index.html
and here
http://live.piratpartiet.se/ (Swedish)
It is an interesting judicial dilemma, and I am quite entrigued in regard to what the outcome will be.
IE7 – Zone problems on Windows 2003
OS, SecurityI was patching a newly installed Win 2003 server, and the first thing I was met by was that the Windows Update web site could not be opened unless it was added as a Trusted site, however when trying to add the site http://update.microsoft.comI was met by a dialog box stating that “”There was an unexpected error with your zone settings. Unable to add site.“. On this server Internet Explorer Enhanced security had been uninstalled.
Solution;