What an idiot I now feel.Dist said:i just tried the autorun thing myself, created a folder, copied the autorun file into it and removed some text to do with an icon file, and change the open to notepad.exe and nothing happened when i open the folder. and yes, autorun is enabled on my machine as the cd i got the file from auto runs.

About three years ago this was working well on Windows XP. Any folder setup with an autorun.inf would launch the relevant program. This is when I found a hacked PC with the SharedDocs and all admin shares poluted with an autorun.inf. Then everytime these folders were opened, the virus would launch.
Tried it here on local folders, and network shares - all ignored. Only works on flash drives and CD/DVD now.
Glad to say that Microsoft has fixed that bug. So sorry Rakkoon - I have been sending ya on a merry dance.
