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U3 software from USB devices being disabled on CAT supported Windows Systems Print
Written by Fester   
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

The U3 software is prevalent on a wide variety of USB sticks (thumb drives).  We have found that our users seldom use the functionality of this software and are often unaware of its existence until their user profile fills up, causing disruptions to their work until things are cleaned up.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 March 2009 )
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Disabling autorun as a security precaution on CAT supported Windows Systems Print
Written by Fester   
Tuesday, 10 February 2009

A recent surge in attacks (notably the conficker worm) is using a capability known as "autorun" to travel from removable media to system and onward.

As a safety precaution, we intend to disable the "autorun" functionality on CAT supported Windows systems.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 March 2009 )
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