BleepingComputer.com: Auto play for USB Flash Drive is gone?

When I plug my flash drive into my computer it won't auto play no more. Instead I get the following message which I am attaching. It has always been in Auto Run and when I would put my USB flash thing it would bring up a option to open files in flash to view. Now i have to go to My Computer and the open my J drive that way. So how can I get my autorun back for my flash drive please?

My OS is Windows Vista

many thanks & God Bless.

hello

try this

go to start

type in auto play.

open auto play

make sure (use autoplay for all media and devices) has a check in the box.

good luck

Keeping Autorun enabled on USB and other removable drives has become a significant security risk due to the increasing number of malware variants that can infect them and transfer the infection to your computer. To learn more about this risk, please read:

• USB-Based Malware Attacks
  
• Danger USB! Worm targets removable memory sticks.
  
• When is AUTORUN.INF really an AUTORUN.INF?.
  
• miekiemoes' Blog: Please disable Autorun asap!.

These types of infections usually involve malware that modifies and loads an autorun.inf (configuration) file into the root folder of all drives (internal, external, removable) along with a malicious executable. When the removable media is inserted (mounted), autorun looks for autorun.inf and automatically executes the malicious file to run silently on your computer. When a flash drive becomes infected, the Trojan will infect a system when the removable media is inserted if autorun has not been disabled.

Hi Kenny,
I tried what you said and there is a check mark already there. Any other thing you can think of that might help?

hello artic

just a thought. not a true fix but you could plug in device. go to start. click computer. when device shows up (on right side) right click on it and choose create shortcut.

only a suggestion.

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garmanma is absolutely right. Autorun is quite risky.