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New IM Worm Exploiting WMF Vulnerability

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the happy-new-years-windows-users dept.

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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  1. Re:Most importantly: THERE IS A FIX by TCM · · Score: 0, Troll

    Quick, everyone! Download an executable from a totally unrelated third-party site with "blog" in its name! Look! I even got the patch in my mail before I knew it existed!

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  2. Re:There needs to be... by yarbo · · Score: 1, Troll

    The parent said "there's nothing better to switch to". He didn't say what's the best OS that anyone can switch to without any preparation. OS X is great for most people. Most people aren't tied into some random proprietary piece of in-house 8 year old software that isn't supported. For some people Windows is necessary, they've been locked in for whatever reason. For many other people, OSX would be a better option. For some people, Linux would be a better option. Maybe he should tell us what he actually does because otherwise we can't give him any recommendations. Although since this is a security discussion, we should recommend OpenBSD as an OS.