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Old 1st December 2014, 07:15   #1
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Default How AutoRun Malware Became a Problem on Windows, and How It Was (Mostly) Fixed

Thanks to bad design decisions, AutoRun was once a huge security problem on Windows. AutoRun helpfully allowed malicious software to launch as soon as you inserted discs and USB drives into your computer.

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