full-disclosure - USB Auto run function

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From: aditya.deshmukh at online.gateway.technolabs.net (Aditya, ALD [ Aditya Lalit Deshmukh ])
Subject: USB Auto run function

> I have been interested in a potential exploit that may or may not be an 
> issue, I read lately that a potential malicious file could enter a system 
> via a USB Memory stick with a structured autorun.pif , and this file would 
> operate even if the screen lock is activated .

this is true only for cdroms where the autorun has been enabled, winxp does scan for the removable drives but does not run the program based on the autorun but the type of files on the reemovable drive

-aditya
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