Re: Auto-Run CD - Disabling Screensavers

From: Chris Hall (chall@verio.net)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2003 - 13:06:11 EST


[themac@bigpond.net.au] Mon, May 12, 2003 at 05:37:47PM +0800 wrote:
> I read somewhere (a while back on this list) that a CD burnt tool
> exists to disable the password protected screen savers on workstation
> (or server) if the CD Auto run setting is enabled on that machine...
>
> Does anyone know of the link for this resource?
>
> Systems : Windows 2000 workstations
>
> Regards,
> Nick
>
>

  There is/was an issue with using the cd autorun feature on Win9.x/NT that was
enabled by default. Bascily, one can just create a CD with a autorun.inf file
to run whatever. I am not sure if Win2k is affected by this.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/47338/2003-05-10/2003-05-16/1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/993

 It should be fairly easy to create your own to do whatever. Looking back
through the archives, here is one example.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/101/155392/2001-01-08/2001-01-14/2

 I do remember quite a few "tools" floating around, but couldn't locate any
googling, course i really didn't spend a whole lot of time looking either. :)

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