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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
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
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.
Oh gods... if it ain't broke, it ain't Mosaic.
I have seen the future, and it is inconvenient.
The Sky is blue!
Bears still crap in the woods!
Amazingly, the Pope is Catholic!