New IM Worm Exploiting WMF Vulnerability

An anonymous reader writes "After less than a four days after original mailing list posting there are reports about a new Instant Messaging worm exploiting unpatched Windows Metafile vulnerability. This worm is using MSN to spread, reports Viruslist.com."

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happy new year!

[minus_273]

My prediction: in 2006, MS innovation will lead the way in new fronts!

Macs

[Anonymous Coward]

This is a serious comment, i am only doing this as an AC to avoid being modded +5 funny, -7 flamebait. Why do people on slashdot not mind macs, and yet act like microsoft is the devil (which it, obviously is). Apple's Macintosh is not only just as a proprietary piece of crap as Windows, but it also forces you to purchase their HARDWARE if you want to use it the "legit" way (though this may change with mactels, they have been operating this way for years). In my opinion, each of the two companies is, after all considerations THE WORST FUCKING THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO COMPUTING.

Re:Macs

[hahafaha]

First of all your comment is largely off-topic, causing mine to be as well, but I am only responding to this because I could not bear to read what you wrote and not answer (Mods, please be compassionate!)

You are addressing to largely unrelated issues as one, Freedom of software, and usefulness of the company. Allow me to address them seperately.

The former (Freedom) is a much bigger problem with Windows than Macs, at least with Mac OSX. Sure, they both use proprietary code, but at least Mac OSX uses some Free software.

The latter (usefulness) is very subjective. No doubt Microsoft would think they are useful, while Apple thinks they are. As much as I do not like Microsoft, I am going to have to say that it *and* Apple were both useful, if not so much now. They did start a revolution of computing at home. Unfortunately, it has taken a bad path over the years, but it is the same sort of idea.

As a final note I would like to ask, why did you think you would get +5 funny? I find nothing funny about what you wrote.

Permanent Fixes

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/
http://fedora.redhat.com/
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/community/
https://www.scientificlinux.org/

Re:These stories about vulnerabilities...

[heinousjay]

Exactly what was it about Slashdot that made you think anything but sad fuckers populated these communist shores? The unrepentant geekery fool you? The non-stop proselytizing of an alternative OS like someone actually gave a shit? The grant-mooching hippie worship? The political idealism that speaks of a life lived on IRC, without real world contact in any way? The belief that the general population actually cares one whit for technology? The crowing about the slightest bit of sexual contact in any post from someone who's so much as seen the opposite sex? The evangelical atheism, as if steadfast faith in science weren't just as much of a religion as Christianity? The me-too moderation, demonstrating a deepseated need to belong heretofore only seen in bulemic cheerleaders?

plUs 3, Troll)

[Anonymous Coward]

to i7s laid-back

We must be in Soviet Russia...

[Anonymous Coward]

...because the internet owns us!

Heh... yeah.

[Ayanami Rei]

I think switching OSs is a less difficult proposition for someone who has time to read slashdot than picking up your family and moving is for someone who can barely feed his or her own kids.