Critical Windows Security Bug with Animated Cursor

[nic2k4]

This is a bug that has been around since Win9x days. Apparently MS had fixed it in XP's SP1, but they broke it again in SP2.

http://secunia.com/advisories/24659/

This is not News. Please read the sticky about posting News. Only Video subjects please. Moving this to computers....

[Dv8ted2]

They knew about it back in December, but did nothing about it. It also effects Vista

[JohnnyMalaria]

They knew about it back in December, but did nothing about it. It also effects Vista

But not to the same extent - IE7 on Vista is "protected".

[Dv8ted2]

They knew about it back in December, but did nothing about it. It also effects Vista

But not to the same extent - IE7 on Vista is "protected".

It is only a matter of time before the "protection" is broken.

As has been stated before, they cannot compete against an army of hackers.

[JohnnyMalaria]

It is only a matter of time before the "protection" is broken.

As has been stated before, they cannot compete against an army of hackers.

Perhaps. But, on Vista at least, IE7 offers the most defense against attacks compared to other browsers.

Here's a blog entry on the subject (from early 2006):

http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/02/09/528963.aspx

and an MSDN article: Understanding and Working in Protected Mode Internet Explorer .

[Dv8ted2]

I had a link, but I removed it because it was FUD.

[JohnnyMalaria]

Microsoft will issue a fix tomorrow (Tuesday April 3), according to:

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2007/04/01/latest-on-security-update-for-microso...ry-935423.aspx

(This is extraordinary in the true sense - ordinarily, such a fix which be available during the scheduled monthly updates. In this case, it will be earlier.)