Disabling Autorun so I can burn from ITunes.

Question

When I put a blank CD in my drive it automatically puts an "autorun" file on it. When I try to burn from ITunes it either says the drive is in use by another application or it says the cd is not blank. It has something to do with Roxio since the tab of the file often says Roxio. I have uninstalled Roxio from my computer, I have deleted all files with the word Roxio or autorun in its name and it doesn't solve the problem. I also have made ITunes my default media player. So what should I do now?

Answer 1

I am not sure about this, and I don't want to worry you, but there is an autorun worm that spreads via autoruns on removable media.
I think up to date security software should detect and remove it, so is your security software up to date?
It might be worth running a full scan with the free version of Malwarebytes:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Something else you could do is to open one of these autorun files with notepad and have a look. I don't know what the autorun puts in the file, but you might see something that looks odd.
You could also look to see if the CD contains any hidden files.
There is a Microsoft article on disabling autorun, but that stops it being executed rather than stopping the file being created.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715
Message was edited by: polydorus