Re: [Full-disclosure] DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive

[paul.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dan Kaminsky <dan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> iexplore.exe has a security model. Explorer.exe doesn't ...

Very dim view. So, there is no way for a Windows user to access his
"desktop", e.g. any data on a CD or USB stick, in a safe way? Seems so
wasteful for MS to try and plug autorun viruses, then...

Thankfully, you are wrong. All decent OSs have some security. (Some are
more decent than others.)

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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