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Trojan Exploits Unpatched IE Flaw
onebuttonmouse writes "The Register reports on a trojan spotted in the wild that takes advantage of the so-far unpatched IE vulnerability mentioned on Slashdot earlier this week. From the article: 'The release of a Trojan that exploits an unpatched IE hole has prompted speculation that Microsoft may release an emergency out-of-cycle security patch. Delf-DH downloads other malware onto infected machines changing settings in order to monitor user activity and redirect surfers onto porn sites. The attack relies on a flaw in the way IE handles requests to the window() object.'"
The fix for this is here
Thank god I still use Mosaic. Hey, if it ain't broke...
We heard about this same sort of thing hundreds of times. The editors really need to read the articles more carefully...
You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!
"elf-DH downloads other malware onto infected machines changing settings in order to monitor user activity and redirect surfers onto porn sites."
So it is basically automated pr0n! From now on, you won't have to use your left hand.
and redirect surfers onto porn sites
;-)
Sounds more like a feature to me
"reality has a well-known liberal bias" - Steven Colbert
Does this mean that someone has punched a hole in IE's condom with a cyber-thumbtack?
Average joe search for p0rn
He fins a site with virus that gets installed on his computer.
Virus finds the pr0n for him....
Both win!
Apparently this wild trojan uses IE to direct a very specific type of attack against /., which results in dupe stories being posted!
You can't handle the truth.
"The Register reports on a [[register article|trojan spotted in the wild]] that takes advantage of the so-far unpatched IE [[|Slashdot story|vulnerability]] mentioned on Slashdot earlier this week."
That should be done like this:
"The Register [[register article|reports]] on a [[a page with the trojan|trojan spotted in the wild]] that takes advantage of the so-far unpatched IE [[How to exploit?|vulnerability]] [[Slashdot story|mentioned on Slashdot]] earlier this week."
Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
So, if I run IE under wine on linux I can get all the free pr0n delivered to my desktop. Nice. Click the big blue "E" for free e-pr0n
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could anyone point me to where I might pickup this gem of a virus? I'm a little bored and was hoping to "research" the auto-pr0n capabilities. Reinstalling IE now...
-Lod
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