Mark Krauenfelder at Boing Boing provides
an assortment of reasons to disable the autorun feature in Windows. I realize that putting a cd into your computer and having the install screen automatically appear is very appealing, but I think the cost is too high for the benefit.
Reasons:
- It makes it far easier to accidentally install spyware.
- Viruses (only slightly worse than spyware) can become easier to accidentally download onto your system.
- Music labels are adding a file that keeps you from being able to make MP3s from your music, which is a right you have from your owning the album.
It really is not that difficult to open the install file on CD-Roms. If that is your only hang up for disabling autorun, then you really should consider giving it a shot. Otherwise, go for it right now. Screw autorun!
Here's how to do it
via Engadget.
