Re: CD-ROM's that Run When Inserted

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From: Colin Mahoney
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:12

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christopher.estep@idsonline.com (Christopher L. Estep) wrote:

>In article <1tQLxYWCll5R089yn@ibm.net>, steve.withers@ibm.net says...
>
>>Now......those virus-infested CDs are only days away from completion.
>>
>>You just pop one in, and within 30 seconds, you have loaded at least
>>50 popular virii!
>
>
>However, PROPER Windows 95 users know that AutoRun (and AutoPlay) are 

I don't know about that. It took me lot of delving around in the
resource kit to find out how to disable autoload - Win95 seems to go
out of its way to stop you finding out this kind of thing. And it *is*
dangerous to have the default as it is. How many users do you think
there are out there who don't even realise there might be a problem?

>defeatable, both on a temporary and permanent basis.  That plan won't work!
I wouldn't be surprised to read about something similar in the
computer press.

>Besides, are you Warped users that fearful of Windows 95's success that you 
>have to resort to such nastiness?
>
>Windows 95.  It's here, and it's successful.  Get used to it.
>
>Christopher L. Estep
>Member ClubWin, Nation's Capitol Chapter
>Member, NT ASUG
>Powered EXCLUSIVELY by Windows 95 since November 1994.
>

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Colin Mahoney ( cmahoney@readysoft.es )
Sabadell, Spain
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