Prevent your XP/Vista computer from getting USB autorun viruses (from Microsoft)

One of Window 7's changes is that USB drive autoplay functionality has been disabled to avoid virus spreads via USB drives. Now Microsoft (finally) backports this change to both XP and Vista. I know there are a lot of other ways to prevent autorun USB viruses including the "disable autoplay function", but this is the official Microsoft patch that fixes this issue without disabling autoplay for CD/DVD drives.


Note, this doesn't delete the virus in the USB drive, but simply prevents it from autostarting.

Windows XP SP2/SP3 users should download this:
Code:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/1/C/F1CDDF43-5A46-4BFA-BCDA-48AFFF629D22/WindowsXP-KB971029-x86-ENU.exe

Windows Vista x86 users should get this:
Code:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/4/0/9401F991-EA40-4A1B-9DB1-FC078F39F405/Windows6.0-KB971029-x86.msu

Windows Vista x64 users should get this:
Code:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/9/B/09B72601-E7A5-48BD-A626-2317CE8DCB9F/Windows6.0-KB971029-x64.msu

Install these patches now and put an end to those annoying virus spreads right when a USB drive or SD card is plugged in!