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How to Disable Autorun in Windows

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By Parth Makadiya Whenever you connect a removable media to your computer, the autorun feature of Windows comes into action and immediately provides you with many options including the ‘Open folder to view files’ option. Apart from the internet, most viruses and malware enter the system through infected removable media. Malicious programs malware and viruses usually infects the  Autorun.inf  file present on the removable media device. If you happen to connect an infected removable media device like USB to your computer and then make use of the ‘Open folder to view files’ option, the malware will get activated and thereby attack all the files of your system. The only way to deal with this problem is to disable the Autorun feature of Windows. Here are the steps by step process to disable Autorun feature in Windows. Step 1.  First open Run dialogue box. Here you need to enter  Gpedit.msc  and then click on OK. Step 2...

How to Disable Autorun in Windows

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By Parth Makadiya Whenever you connect a removable media to your   computer , the autorun feature of Windows comes into action and immediately provides you with many options including the ‘Open folder to view files’ option. Apart from the internet, most viruses and malware enter the system through infected removable media. Malicious programs malware and viruses usually infects the   Autorun.inf   file present on the removable  media device . If you happen to connect an infected removable   media device   like USB to your   computer   and then make use of the ‘Open folder to view files’ option, the malware will get activated and thereby attack all the files of your system. The only way to deal with this problem is to disable the Autorun feature of Windows. Here are  the steps  by step process to  disable Autorun  feature in Windows. Step 1.  First open Run dialogue box. Here you need to ente...