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Title: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: polonus on July 30, 2010, 11:34:57 PM

Hi malware fighters,

Undo your fixes and work-arounds before you patch coming Monday with an official MS out of band vulnerability fix for the Shortcut vulnerability: http://www.dshield.org/diary.html?storyid=9304

pol

Title: Re: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: Dch48 on July 30, 2010, 11:39:59 PM

Good news--now this guy can feel safe again and continue his adventures. (Notice how he's admiring his new shield)

(http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k370/Dch48/Link_OoT.gif)

Title: Re: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: ardvark on July 31, 2010, 12:42:52 AM

Quote from: polonus on July 30, 2010, 11:34:57 PM

Undo your fixes and work-arounds before you patch coming Monday with an official MS out of band vulnerability fix for the Shortcut vulnerability

Hi Polonus...

I'm not sure I understand what you mean. ???

What fixes and workarounds would I need to remove?

Regards...

Title: Re: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: Pondus on July 31, 2010, 12:52:39 AM

@ardvark

USB Worm Exploits Windows Shortcut Vulnerability
http://blog.trendmicro.com/usb-worm-exploits-windows-shortcut-vulnerability/

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/07/23/malware-exploiting-windows-shortcut-vulnerability/

Title: Re: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: ardvark on July 31, 2010, 02:21:09 AM

Hi Pondus...

Thank you. :)

Regards...

Title: Re: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: Asyn on July 31, 2010, 08:42:00 AM

Quote from: polonus on July 30, 2010, 11:34:57 PM

Hi malware fighters,
Undo your fixes and work-arounds before you patch coming Monday with an official MS out of band vulnerability fix for the Shortcut vulnerability: http://www.dshield.org/diary.html?storyid=9304
pol

Thanks for the info, pol...!
Good to know... :)
asyn

Title: Re: Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....
Post by: Marc57 on August 02, 2010, 07:30:50 PM

The update is now on Windows Update,