Using Auslogics BoostSpeed I recently performed a scan under the System Advisor tab. It flagged three possible security risks and I would like your "computer savvy" opinions on whether you feel it is advised to disable the three in question or if you feel its best to leave it be.
Please view the screen shot below posted on PixPipeline:
Mind this is an opinion based solely on what I've read in the last 15 minutes.
Regarding number two, I never let any of my drives autorun, whether they're CD/DVD drives or flash drives. I like to check out the contents first, and if it's an installation disk for something like a drive or printer, you can always launch the process manually by simply exploring the disk.
The exception is a bootable Rescue Flash Drive made by myself.
You never know what's on a simple compact disk you bought from HMV. Sony were caught out installing rootkits on folks computers from retail CD's a few years ago, so you never know.
Hi razz, a bit late here but I would have gone along with what you have done...all three.
I have always had the 3rd one ticked. Best explanation of why would be this...
When you connect to a site that is encrypted the data sent over the network is encrypted. Your browser has the key to decrypt and display the information. Why give someone a chance to crack the encryption. If you don't allow IE to save it to disk then it is nearly impossible for someone else to be able to get that file and use brute force to crack it.