March 31, 200719 yr No patch to this puppy yet. Watch your email, and be careful on what you click on. I have seen at least 100 emails coming into my company tonight a link to a URL that has this in it. Its out there. In the link below there are some workarounds. These are not fixes, and you should be careful. Hopefully Microsoft is working on a fix, and will release it before their monthly supertuesday patch. Just another awesome feature of Microsoft.
March 31, 200719 yr Author Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition Version 2003 (Itanium) Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based Systems Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Microsoft Windows Vista Are all affected. This is not a virus, but a vulnerability that can be used by a virus/worm/malware. You can click on a link, that will download something to your system that can bypass all of your security because of this. Be careful on clicking on items in your email or going to unknown websites. There are current viruses and malware that are using this to download themselves onto your computer. Most likely within the next day your Antivirus will have some signatures for the most prevalent pieces of malware/viruses, however until a patch is out just be a bit more cautious. Edited March 31, 200719 yr by southsideirish71
March 31, 200719 yr Thanks for the info. I rarely touch links that are unknown to me, but it'd the other folks in my house that worry me.
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