A recent update to Microsoft's Sysinternals Autoruns program is causing the program to crash as its scans for autostarts in Windows. For those not familiar with Autoruns, it is a free utility from ...

In direct response to Conficker and an increased wave of malware attacks targeting the dangerous Windows AutoRun mechanism, Microsoft today announced significant changes to the way the operating ...

Autoruns displays everything that runs automatically when Windows starts -- and we mean everything. It displays location, association, and order of autorun entries in boot and log-in sequences, ...

Antivirus vendors are warning customers of a spreading malware that can infect computers through a well-known bug in the Windows AutoRun software used to automatically launch programs on a DVD or USB ...

In response to the recent Conficker outbreak, Microsoft has made some changes in the AutoRun functionality in Windows 7. The main purpose of Autorun is to provide a software response to hardware ...

Microsoft’s latest round of patches released on Tuesday includes an optional update that will shut off the “autorun” capability for users of older Windows operating systems, a move the company has ...

According to a biannual Security Intelligence Report from Microsoft, AutoRun—the feature in Windows that automatically executes files when you plug in a USB or connect to a network—accounts for almost ...

The latest patch turns off the AutoRun feature for Vista and XP. Well if your sticking with the Windows Vista or XP software you might have noticed your AutoRun feature turned off from the latest ...