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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7
- Date added: June 03, 2009
- Total Downloads: 367,366
- Downloads last week: 4,082
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- Average user rating: stars out of 35 votes
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Publisher's description
From Old McDonald's Farm :Autorun Eater was born due to the increase of malwares using the 'autorun.inf' method to infect users unknowingly be it from flash drives, removable hard disks or any other removable storage device. When a 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 accesses the infected drive.
Autorun Eater will warn you and remove any suspicious 'autorun.inf' files(based on user decision/settings) so that the malware is not executed while accessing the infected drive. There are also certain cases whereby the malware has been removed by an antivirus but the 'autorun.inf' file remains. This will cause the drive to be inaccessible through the conventional method(double-click). Autorun Eater will also remove it if necessary so that you can access the drive as usual.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.4 has added 'Close Autoplay' option to prevent execution of malware via AutoPlay window.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 35 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Autorun Eater 2.4
"Helped me restore Folder Options."
Pros: Is a small file and at least free for Third World users!
Cons: None at the moment.
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Version: Autorun Eater 2.4
"Works but Messed Up my Task Manager"
Pros: I tested it with other virus/ malwar cleaners. . . I downloaded viruses and no internet explorer opened open while i had it
Cons: I used fix task manager and fix regedit but it messed up my taskmanager and taskmanager fixer couldnt fix it. used system restore... kinda sux
Summary: KICKS BUTT OVERALL
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Version: Autorun Eater 2.4
Pros: Certainly seems to have solved a 'recycle' problem that I had.
Cons: If it works it works. The 'bleat' on start-up is very annoying (but can be turned off).
Summary: I had a problem with recycling errors, installed Autorun Eater and the problem ceased.
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Version: Autorun Eater 2.4
"Not a full solution, But fixes some stuff."
Pros: removed some autorun.inf files
Cons: Loads of autorun.inf files fail to delete
You cant run a scan on demand
Doesnt solve the whole problem I still have the recycler and some autorun.inf files leftSummary: IT is the only solution I found, NOT PERFECT IT s average or bellow average, I hope there will be a solution to the recycler problem.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Autorun Eater 2.4
"did what i was hoping it would do"
Pros: great product removed recyclers virus immediately from my hard drive and portable mass storage device
Cons: there is nothing not to like
Summary: This is a great product I have been trying to remove recyclers viruses for weeks the product found it immediately and removed it. I would strongly recommend this product .
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