BleepingComputer.com: re-enabling autorun

A while back, I got hit with NTOSKRNL-HOOK. I knocked it out with ComboFix and that was the end of it, but it also disabled autorun on my CD drive. How can I go about turning it back on?


Thanks in advance.

Try this:

Autoplay Repair Wizard.

That did it. Thank you very much.

Hello rnn2walls,

I wish to add here that there are important reasons for keeping autoruns disabled.

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 removable media such as a CD/DVD is inserted (mounted), autorun looks for autorun.inf and automatically executes the malicious file to run silently on your computer. In USB drives, it modifies Windows Explorer's right-click context menu and redirects to executing the malicious file if the "Open" command is used or double-clicking on the drive icon. When a flash drive becomes infected, the Trojan will infect a system when the removable media is inserted if autorun has not been disabled.

ComboFix automatically disables autoruns the first time it is used. Since malware writers have begun to exploit the autorun/autoplay feature, the author of ComboFix, in an effort to help protect your computer from becoming infected via that avenue, configured ComboFix to disable it. Many security applications disable this feature as well and even Microsoft recommends doing the same

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Microsoft Security Advisory (967940): Update for Windows Autorun

Disabling autorun/autoplay does not prevent you from accessing your media sources. They are still available by opening My Computer and accessing the source drive (CD, DVD, USB or external hard drive). Pictures on a camera can still be accessed through My Pictures and selecting "Get Pictures" from a scanner or camera. Media can be accessed via the program you normally use it with such as music CDs via Media Player, blank CDs via burning software, image handling software provided with the camera. We strongly recommend you leave the autorun feature disabled and get into the habit of accessing your media devices manually.

Orange Blossom

This post has been edited by Orange Blossom: 07 July 2009 - 10:41 PM
Reason for edit: Fix BB code. ~ OB

I just used the autoplay repair wizard for the same issue. Worked great - thanks!!