This new virus, which is oddly enough carried by animated cursor files, allows a remote user to execute code on your pc if you become infected. Vista is not the only version of Windows affected, and is actually more resistant to the virus than XP, 2000, etc... But this is the first publicly announced remote code execution vulnerability for Vista. I know Cody is going to love this one.
You can read the story (here), and watch a video of a McAfee employee send Vista into an endless reboot loop via this virus. Be careful folks!
IF YOU USE WINDOWS, DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY NEW ANIMATED CURSORS UNTIL MICROSOFT HAS FIXED THIS VULNERABILITY!!!
April 7, 2007
First remote code execution virus hits Vista
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