Coming Monday is the day of an official MS out of band patch....

[polonus]

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

[system]

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

[system]

@polonus post:1

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…

[Pondus]

@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/

[system]

Hi Pondus…

Thank you.

Regards…

[Asyn]

@polonus post:1

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

[Marc57]

The update is now on Windows Update,