Drive-by infections have always been one of the biggest problems in any OS. You don't open an unknown program exe or do anything any cautious user wouldn't do, yet they can wreck your OS, programs and data.
It is very good news that most of these are now being tackled by Microsoft AND the Anti-Virus companies. Please remember that it is largely prompt action by the AV companies that stop the majority of Autorun attacks. If it wasn't for the AV companies many more of these would get through by the time Microsoft (eventually!) gets round to patching their OS!
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