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> opening your CD-ROM drive automatically Speaking of the CD-ROM drive, Windows XP is vulnerable to malicious CD-ROM discs thanks to AutoRun [1] and can be com
by ptx 4y ago
> opening your CD-ROM drive automatically
Speaking of the CD-ROM drive, Windows XP is vulnerable to malicious CD-ROM discs thanks to AutoRun [1] and can be compromised just by inserting a CD, from which Windows XP will happily execute code automatically. Firewalls don't protect against that.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun#Issues_and_security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoRun#Issues_and_security
- ogurechny 4y agoThat's why everyone and their dog held Shift when inserting any disk. Moreover, CD-ROM autorun is nothing at all compared to the real issue of autorun on USB flash drives. That's how viruses really spread among commoners, and specific tools were invented to fight it. That you haven't mentioned it, and focused on something that has existed since Windows 95, when non-factory-made (i. e. burned) CDs were rare, probably means you've had zero experience with any of that.