[Share] window rushing out patch for vulnerability

[Choo Kim Yoon]

hi, what would you suggest for protecting our computer against all sorts of malware and security threats? I am currently using Avast anti virus and Iobit Security 360 anti malware programs. so far, no threats detected by Avast or Iobit Security 360 on my machine. in addition, Iobit Security 360 also provides patches for security holes. I can't say that my system is completely protected, but at least I encounter no great trouble running my computer. thanks for any advice.

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  From: vicky 
  To: share at ncbm.org.my 
  Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:14 AM
  Subject: [Share] window rushing out patch for vulnerability



  It's been a busy 24 hours looking into this newest flaw in Windows. Lots of research has gone into it and most of the results are not good news for Windows
  users. It is important to think about this attack as two separate pieces, one that is a new zero-day vulnerability that could easily be adopted by any
  malware author, the other a unique payload that appears to be designed to go after some very specific infrastructure targets.

  For corporate users (unless you run a power plant, water system or other 
  SCADA
   system) the important part is the zero-day flaw. Warning: I am about to go a bit geeky.

  The flaw is in how shell32.dll tries to load control panel icons from applets. By making a specially crafted shortcut pointing to a malicious file, you
  can make Windows Explorer blindly execute the malicious file when the location of the shortcut is merely browsed to. In this case the malicious file is
  a rootkit and a dropper that immediately hide the special shortcut (.lnk) files. Allowing executable code to load in the process of trying to retrieve
  an icon seems like a major oversight in the design of Windows.
  to continue,  go to sophos below :
   http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2010/07/16/windows-day-attack-works-windows-systems/






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