Microsoft Windows Path Conversion Weakness

Is the current version (4.7.827) ok from this?

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17934/info

not really, so it seems: http://www.48bits.com/advisories/rtldospath.pdf

We have tested it and can’t agree with what the pdf says… Avast is able to detect infections in those files both on-access and on-demand…