Panda Cloud broke my U3 autorun

Panda Cloud Forum says:

Which is right? "@SYSoesNotExist" or "@="@SYSoesNotExist""

 

if panda != faulty then keep installed

 

Just go to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\IniFileMapping\Autorun.inf

and find either @=@SYSoesNotExist or @SYSoesNotExist

you will not have both, it has been a long time since I have done this,
had to look it up in some old files I had, even my file has both, I did not
even realize it till now but it is just a type error, just see which one it is
and delete it then reboot, you will have your autorun back

be sure to delete only "@SYSoesNotExist"

after the =

do a back up first and you do this at your own risk
but if done correctly it will work

If you have "vaccinated" your drives
this will not fix this you will have to
reformat your drive

 

May I remind people of "Disable smilies in text" checkbox in Additional post options? (There is also the CODE tag to prevent this.)

Sorry for OT but this mangling pretty much sucks for examples like the above.

Code:

"@SYS:DoesNotExist"

 

I did the registry edit and it worked. Now magicJack auto starts.

Thanks to all in this thread that have been a help to me.

I want to especially thank doktornotor for making it very clear.

I don't like messing around with the registry as a mistake there can be a big

headache. Thank you.

 

i was wondering why the smile was there in
the first place, is it put in automatically,
it is not in my file which i just did a cut and paste
from, should not had done this

 

I can confirm that autorun is still broken by Panda Cloud v1.4.

The easy fix is to download & install Panda USB vaccine to turn back on the autorun, then uninstall Panda USB vaccine. This way, you do not have to use System restore or any manual Registry tweaks.

Panda did indeed contact me regarding my Partner account application (which they had activated). I have asked Panda to cancel my Partner account & explained the reason. I find such a serious bug carried through several versions of software to be unacceptable.

Many security programs will scan USB autoruns on insertion including Prevx & Vipre.