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Autorun Eater - real time autorun.inf protection.

February 3rd, 2008 | by Randy |


Auto Eater

Autorun Eater was born due to increase of malwares using the ‘autorun.inf’ tactic to infect users unknowingly be it from flash drives, removable hard disks or any other removable storage device. When an infected device is infected with a malware and an ‘autorun.inf’ file is dropped, the shell menu is normally modified to execute the malware whenever the unsuspecting user double-clicks the infected drive.

  • Size: 873KB
  • OS: Win 98/ME/2000/XP

Most anti-malware apps out there will almost instantly remove any malware detected but more often than not they leave the ‘autorun.inf’ file behind. And what if the anti-malware app fails to catch the malware? Here is when Autorun Eater comes in handy. Autorun Eater will remove any suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ files even before the user attempts to access the drive. This files are auto-backup’ed in case of false positives.

Features:

  • Scan and remove suspicious ´autorun.inf´ files found in the root directory of all drives, A-Z, in real-time
  • Hotkey enabled to toggle scan
  • Start, Stop or Pause scan(with ´option grey-out´)
  • Scan priority(normal/high)
  • Scan results are logged
  • Add and remove from startup entry
  • 3 optional registry fixes (Task Manager, Regedit & Folder options).
  • Users are informed through a message box whenever a suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file is removed.
  • Backup copies of suspicious ‘autorun.inf’ file(s) are created before the original copy is removed for easy recovery.
  • Status tooltip to get tool info easily without right-clicking on tray icon.
  • ‘Paused’ notifier that slides in/out from botton-right of screen when ‘Pause’ is activated.
  • Confirmation message box when user clicks on ‘Delete Log’.

What´s New in version 2.1:

  • Added: ‘Donate’ option under the tray menu.
  • Added: ‘Autorun Backup’ option under the tray menu to easily view or delete autorun backup files.
  • Removed: ‘Start’ and ‘Stop’ option under the tray menu but the ‘Pause’ option remains.
  • Changed: Minor tweaks to the scanning engine.
  • Changed: Scan now starts automatically when Autorun Eater is launched.
  • Changed: Add/Remove to global startup entry option now indicates if startup entry exist or not.

You can install the new version over the old version (exit 2.0 first).

If you enjoy using Autorun Eater, please feel free to donate.

MD5 Checksum: 0592EDA29BD3E625EF347094A79E342C

Auto Eater

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  1. 2 Responses to “Autorun Eater - real time autorun.inf protection.”

  2. By Randy on Feb 3, 2008 | Reply

    Don’t be shocked when you hear a goat in the background like I was lol … baaaaah!

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