Re: Spyware infection prompts McDonalds MP3 recall

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 10/16/06, Ron <iago () valhallalegends com> wrote:
> Does anybody know if it was possible to use "autorun" on the key to
> infect the systems, or would the user have to have opened the key and
> double-clicked on the malware?

Both are possible. If you want to use autorun, you have to have a USB
key that has a CDFS partition, but I have also seen keyloggers and
such launch automagically when inserted into a windows client

ref: http://www.hak5.org/wiki/USB_Hacksaw

-JP
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