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40 Windows Apps Said To Contain Critical Bug
CWmike writes "About 40 different Windows applications contain a critical flaw that can be used by attackers to hijack PCs and infect them with malware, says HD Moore, chief security officer at Rapid7 and creator of the open-source Metasploit penetration-testing toolkit. Gregg Keizer reports that the bug was patched by Apple in its iTunes software for Windows four months ago, but remains in more than three dozen other Windows programs. Moore did not reveal the names of the vulnerable applications or their makers, however. Each affected program will have to be patched separately. Moore first hinted at the widespread bug in a message on Twitter on Wednesday. 'The cat is out of the bag, this issue affects about 40 different apps, including the Windows shell,' he tweeted, then linked to an advisory published by Acros, a Slovenian security firm."
Yeah, none of those 40 problem apps will run on Linux. Unfortunately, neither will thousands of other apps.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Yeah, it would be way better for Windows users if they could be protected by a massive ego like a certain percentage of people running Linux.
But alas, I'm running Linux :)
Do you wish you had the luxury of worrying about unwanted pregnancy, too? :)
"I like to lick butts!" by MobileTatsu-NJG (#32700246) (Score:5, Informative)
Don't worry about vulnerabilities.
I had a virus (a trojan) sent to me by mail; while Thunderbird was closed, our corporate antivirus solution found the trojan like an eagle and quickly solved the problem -- erasing my 4-year old Inbox.
So, don't freak about viruses, worms and the like. Worry about the antivirus installed by you on your machine; better yet, worry about M$.
(*) Being impartial, I must admit shadow copy (IOW, Windows) saved the day: I could restore a 2-day old Inbox file. That said, I suddenly think about the real usefulness of Shift-Delete...