Remove right-click context menu associated to AUTORUN.INF files. Trend Micro released INF_AUTORUN.A, a Damage Cleanup Template (DCT) package that automatically disables the AUTORUN feature. Malware categorized as AutoRun include the following: WORM_SOHANAD, WORM_SILLY, PE_SALITY, WORM_VB, and WORM_DOWNAD (Conficker). It can infect USBs, hard drives, flash drives, and mapped drives and is hard to remove. AutoRun malware is the most prevalent in the Asia Pacific. Cybercriminals use this technology to get into user systems using worm type malware. The autorun.inf text file, used for both the AutoRun and AutoPlay features, is placed in the root directory of a volume or storage drive to launch specific applications, such as installation files. Its command is rooted into the applications themselves and can't be edited by users, however, they can choose to go through with it or not using another Windows technology, AutoPlay. 
It allows Windows Explorer to automatically launch programs from inserted storage drives and other media. The AutoRun technology is a Windows operating system feature Microsoft introduced in Windows 95.
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