Prompted by the spread of the Conficker worm through infected USB drives, Microsoft Corp. will unveil changes in next week’s public Windows 7 Release Candidate that are designed to stymie such hacker ...

Microsoft’s latest round of patches released on Tuesday includes an optional update that will shut off the “autorun” capability for users of older Windows operating systems, a move the company has ...

Microsoft is pushing out a software update to some Windows users that fixes a bug in the Windows AutoRun software, used to automatically launch programs when DVDs or USB devices are introduced to the ...

A new form of malware is trying to exploit a four-year-old Windows AutoRun bug on unpatched Windows workstations, including Windows 7 and the new Windows 8 operating system. Security companies warn ...