On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Eduardo Romero <k3nsai@gmail.com> wrote:
It does run viruses, this has been tested before, they don't do much harm though. so that is a non-issue if it does no harm.
And, autorun files are the thread since they don't require a click. And yes you are right, it was intended to be that way upstream.
this should depend on how you configured your wm/de. I've never seen any cd autorun by default on my desktop. As I see it, most WMs don't autorun cds by default. KDE can autorun cds, but by default it asks if it should autorun the cd, IIRC. Of course some others may autorun cds by default, I have no idea, but even in that case, it is the users responsibility what he sticks in his cd drive. If he legally buys his cds there should be no virus on it. Sure you can get a virus on a usb stick or so, but much depends what you do with these devices. Ronald