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As of the latest update to this Advisory the following members of the Virus Information Alliance have indicated that their antivirus software provides protection from exploitation of the vulnerability discussed in this advisory.
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Symantec
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Computer Associates
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McAfee
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F-Secure Corporation
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Panda Software International
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Aladdin
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Sophos
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Eset Software
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Trend Micro
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Norman
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Kaspersky
As currently known attacks can change, the level of protection offered by antivirus vendors at any time may vary. Customers are advised to contact their preferred antivirus vendor with any questions they may have or to confirm additional information regarding their vendor’s method of protection against exploitation of this vulnerability.
You should be safe with avast as well. We don’t have a generic protection against this (yet) [and frankly, I’d say most of the vendors you listed don’t have it as well] - but we’re monitoring the situation and adding signatures… As a matter of fact, the situation is not as serious as it could be (it’s e.g. much better than in the case of the WMF exploit discovered in December 2005).
FYI Avast is not on that list because we’re not members of the Microsoft VIA…
Vlk, regarding that VIA membership or lets say lack of it from the Alwils side…
It’s the question of money right? Most of such stuff is usually… no wonder small companies can’t afford such stuff in all places…
I wouldn’t say it’s about money, it’s more like we’re not really interested.
I mean, VIA is a group inside Microsoft whose responsibility is to inform MS users about current threats. Since Microsoft is starting its own AV business, I don’t see a reason why 3rd party companies should cooperate with Microsoft on this…
It’s more like a marketing thing; but I’d say many companies will actually drop their VIA membership after they start feeling offended by Microsoft’s competitive offerings.
