About ' autorun.inf ' - Is this a virus
Actually ' autorun.inf ' is a script that runs the setup automatically.
How to make the autorun.inf???
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[autorun]
icon=lovelyicon.ico
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now copy this autorun.inf file and paste it in all drives...
now copy your icon files , paste it in the drives and rename it to lovelyicon.ico
restart computer.
after restarting You should see the icons for your drives .
Autorun.inf is a file used to tell windows about what should happen if a specified action takes place in the respective drive.
Example: A virus is programmed to copy itself to a removable media and make an autorun.inf inside the removable drive. The autorun.inf has information that whenever user OPEN the drive the virus should be infected.
How to make the autorun.inf???
- 1]first open any text editor (like notepad)
- 2]type [autorun] (with square brackets and press enter)
- 3]on next line type icon=lovelyicon.ico (where lovelyicon.ico is name of your icon image)
- 4]now goto file >> save as >> autorun.inf >> make text documents to all files >> save
*************************************
[autorun]
icon=lovelyicon.ico
*************************************
now copy this autorun.inf file and paste it in all drives...
now copy your icon files , paste it in the drives and rename it to lovelyicon.ico
restart computer.
after restarting You should see the icons for your drives .
Autorun.inf is a file used to tell windows about what should happen if a specified action takes place in the respective drive.
Example: A virus is programmed to copy itself to a removable media and make an autorun.inf inside the removable drive. The autorun.inf has information that whenever user OPEN the drive the virus should be infected.