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Guys. Its been sorted out. Iv reinstalled windows with better partitions and a tighter security. Im definately gonna be more careful with removable media now days and browsing(Thanx G).

Mike_J.M wrote:Guys. Its been sorted out. Iv reinstalled windows with better partitions

browsing

Would this entail it being legal.....

I bet a quarter of the users on this forum have some variation of the autorun.inf infection without even knowing it, I wouldn't be surprised if you do Jamin...then again I've been told you carry many A infection so I guess I should just assume it from the very beginning

Nah seriously, most decent AV's pickup the autorun worms pretty quickly and I cant say I've ever seen or heard of any malicious damage its caused, so for me personally, I don't consider it to be the biggest train smash to hit Windows...especially for a home user.

Lastly, if you're going to suggest formatting every time a minor infection like that is picked up on a system, you may as well suggest installing Linux afterwards

ADV4NCED wrote:I bet a quarter of the users on this forum have some variation of the autorun.inf infection without even knowing it, I wouldn't be surprised if you do Jamin...then again I've been told you carry many A infection so I guess I should just assume it from the very beginning

Nah seriously, most decent AV's pickup the autorun worms pretty quickly and I cant say I've ever seen or heard of any malicious damage its caused, so for me personally, I don't consider it to be the biggest train smash to hit Windows...especially for a home user.

Lastly, if you're going to suggest formatting every time a minor infection like that is picked up on a system, you may as well suggest installing Linux afterwards

Actually the odds of jamin having hepatitis: autorun.inf..... I can safely say if he did OZ's porn surfing will increase ten fold when he formats....

Sigh....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

Oh dear we have a case of hepatitis: Noob....

ADV4NCED wrote:Lastly, if you're going to suggest formatting every time a minor infection like that is picked up on a system, you may as well suggest installing Linux afterwards

Please format your machine and install Linux.

It's attitudes like yours which annoy me with rear-end users

Hi can I copy derp.exe off your machine onto my flash drive?
*INSERT FLASH DRIVE*
!!!!!VIRUS!!!!!!
Oh that - it's nothing, I've had it on my PC forever and it hasn't hurt my machine.
Also, I am huge douche bag, so now you have it too.

What once was a serious topic is now a agrument/debate

Lol...

Your ability to solve problems and think intelligently is obviously ZERO if everything you comes across means one should format.

Grow up Jamin, read my post again, I never once said leave the worm where it is, I was just re-emphasizing that formatting for an AUTORUN infection is ridiculous...especially in his case where it wasn't causing any major corruption or destruction of any sorts

Haha time for a reality check big guy - its not me with the attitude, I was just stating my opinion which you obviously can't handle considering it differs from yours

Cry me a river, just do it elsewhere please

Mike_J.M wrote:Guys. Its been sorted out. Iv reinstalled windows with better partitions and a tighter security. Im definately gonna be more careful with removable media now days and browsing(Thanx G).

And there we have it.

The end.

The OP did format his machine thus ridding himself of the virus.

I do believe that means he values my opinion higher than yours, making me the winner of this thread.

And winners don't cry

Oi, stay out, noob! - The Rat