The issue with flash drives is they are so widely available, everyone is tempted to use them to transfer files.
Disabling autorun only limits one type of attack.....
Attacks like disguising exe's as document files are not stopped by this method, lets face it, at some point the file will be opened, to see what it is.
My employer has also implemented an outright ban on removable media.
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