![]() Yes, they can launch a virus, but your virus scanner should pick those up. It simply stores information so that when the media is inserted, it can tell your PC to launch a program and it can also store ICON information to allow the media to show a custom icon. It's typically used by removable media like CD-Rom's, and sometimes with USB thumb drives. Note that autorun.inf is a legitimate file. autorun.inf is not a virus. You have to just delete this file and restart your system to correct this problem. ![]() autorun.inf initiates all the activities that the virus performs when you try to open any drive. This is deliberately done by the virus in order to protect itself. This autorun.inf file is a read only ,hidden and a system file and the folder option is also disabled by the virus. This file is attached to many events of windows explorer including OPEN, REFRESH, etc. ![]() Normally when a virus infects a windows system which causes a drive opening problem, it automatically creates a file named autorun.inf in the root directory of each drive. Generally when you refresh the windows explorer view a bounded virus process recreates this file. ![]()
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