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New Critical Bug In All Current Windows Versions

Posted by timothy on from the innocent-whistling-sound dept.

Trailrunner7 writes "Microsoft is warning its users about a dangerous flaw in the way that Windows handles certain MHTML operations, which could allow an attacker to run code on vulnerable machines. The bug affects all of the current versions of Windows, from XP up through Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Microsoft issued an advisory about the MHTML vulnerability, which has been discussed among security researchers in recent days. There is some exploit code available for the bug, as well. In addition to the advisory, Microsoft has released a FixIt tool, which helps mitigate attacks against the vulnerability in Windows."

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  1. Investing by cosm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I just say that now is probably a good time to invest in the tech industry. Since /. has redesigned the site, I believe productivity levels in the industry will be on the rise due to the number of commenters leaving in droves.

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    1. Re:Investing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'd mod you up but moderation is broken on opera

    2. Re:Investing by lowlymarine · · Score: 3, Funny

      Clearly it's just your horribly dated hardware. Everything's fine on my i7-2600k, time to get with the times grandpa!

    3. Re:Investing by DAldredge · · Score: 4, Funny

      I would mod you up but /. hasn't given me mod points for 3 or 4 years.

    4. Re:Investing by ikkonoishi · · Score: 4, Funny

      I must be a moderating god because I get mine in chunks of 15. O_o

      Yes. The power! Its going to my head. I am the mod god! Its me!

  2. Re:Knowledge Base containing Fixit Link by CastrTroy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't think of any serious browser that uses the IE rendering engine. Firefox, Opera, Chrome, and Safari all use their own rendering engines. That covers 99.999% of all browsers in use.

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