Windows 7

Microsoft pushed updates for Windows operating system that disables the autorun feature of non-optical devices. This update affects Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003, and 2008. Microsoft and disables the feature, which will be available soon, Windows 7 OS. The update was available voluntarily in August.

Autorun (autoplay and) was developed originally for the convenience of eliminating the need for users to navigate the media to the correct file to open. However, recently it has been exploited to automatically run malware and other software applications without the consent of annoying users.

Interestingly, the update did not cripple optical removable media (CDs and DVDs, that is) to implement automatic enforcement procedures. So companies such as U3, which manufacture their devices to represent themselves as CDs are not affected by the update.