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Hold down the shift key when you insert a CD disc into the drive. This will prevent autorun from executing the rootkit. But keep in mind you may still launch the rootkit by clicking the cd drive letter icon in windows explorer, or certain applications such as Windows Media Player may also launch the rootkit.Hold down the shift key when you insert a CD disc into the drive. This will prevent [[autorun]] from executing the rootkit. But keep in mind you may still launch the rootkit by clicking the cd drive letter icon in windows explorer, or certain applications such as Windows Media Player may also launch the rootkit.* Wikipedia refers to the issue as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal] and has some background information on the story.== Related ==* [[Autorun|Autoplay, Autorun, and Auto-insert notification]]* [[Turn off Autoplay With Group Policy Editor]]* [[Sandisk U3 Flash Drive Virus]]* [[Sony DRM Rootkit]]For Linux Users:* [[How_Do_I:_A_Linux_Q%26A#.5BDISABLE_ANNOYING_KDE_Autorun_WHEN_CDROM_IS_IN_DRIVE_WHEN_KDE_STARTS.5D|KDE Autorun]]