Application problems

[Ballbarian]

Arralen is right. Best to be safe and have someone check your hard drives integrity.

Tollund,
Autorun is a feature best disabled. Ever heard of the Sony rootkit?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BM...ection_scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Copy_Protection

Not to mention viruses that can be transmitted via simply inserting a cdrw disk, floppy (yes some people still use these ) or flash drive.

[Tollund]

Originally Posted by Ballbarian

Tollund,
Autorun is a feature best disabled. Ever heard of the Sony rootkit?:

Yes, it didn't do anything to cause any real concern except among the linux crowd, and as far as I know hasn't been used to do anything.