[Noisebridge-discuss] usb 'dead drops' at noisebridge?

Ronald Cotoni setient at gmail.com
Mon Nov 1 22:55:10 UTC 2010


Me personally, I like living on the edge.  I open every attachment without
fail and I also click every link I am ever given and fill all forms out.
Why not?  Whats life without a little excitement?????

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Micah Lee <twopointfour at riseup.net> wrote:

> In Windows you can disable autoplay. I think the process is slightly
> different for Windows XP as it is for Vista/7, and I think it involves
> changing a registry value.
>
> You should definitely disable it if you're going to be plugging in
> unknown USB drives to your computer. It's like a USB condom.
>
> There's plenty to google, but this might get you started.
> http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/windows7/windows7_autoplay.htm
>
> On 10/30/2010 09:19 PM, Mitch Altman wrote:
> > Too cool an idea!
> >
> > Too bad that there's a high risk of trojans by
> > connecting a Windows computer to one (autorun.inf files can run an EXE
> > file upon plugging a USB drive in).
> >
> > Mitch.
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Ronald Cotoni
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