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"Downadup" worm: MS Advice and CERT Correction

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Old 01-22-2009
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"Downadup" worm: MS Advice and CERT Correction

January 21, 2009 (Computerworld) Microsoft Corp.'s advice on disabling Windows' "Autorun" feature is flawed, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) said today, and it leaves users who rely on its guidelines to protect their PCs against the fast-spreading Downadup worm open to attack.

In an alert issued on Monday, US-CERT said Microsoft's instructions on turning off Autorun are "not fully effective" and "could be considered a vulnerability."

The US-CERT site has a full description of how to disable Autorun properly.
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