PCWorld: Microsoft Windows worm coming out vulnerabilities increasing pattern
Microsoft security researchers warned final week they found a threat to Windows, the trend is rising vulnerability, Microsoft final month has released a patch more than the holes. This discovery confirms the related reviews before the Symantec, Microsoft is actually a particularly early stage to recommend that individuals who haven't installed MS08-067 patch as soon because the consumer the most beneficial set up. According to foreign media reports, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, said the new threat of attacks started last week. But as early as November 21, Symantec had already been released to the vulnerability with the worm against the virus warning.
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The worm is called within the text and the printer is linked to the network below assault. 5 weeks ago, Microsoft only several computers had been contaminated within the periodic update to fix the vulnerability, most infections occur in Southeast Asia.
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Windows 7 Key, based on a researcher Ziv Mador said the new round of attacks have unfold inside the company and household consumers to hundreds harm. At present most of the infections reported from United states, but in addition acquired some studies from other countries. The worm deliberately didn't visit Ukraine, which Mador inference, the virus writers are likely to become a Ukrainian. In general, hackers will pick out to skip the country of residence in hopes of cushioning or to take measures to prevent the nearby authorities.
Mador also revealed an fascinating phenomenon, the worm instantly inside the program memory for your API patched equivalent for the vulnerability was fixed within the personal computer, but this isn't beneficial when a massive virus writers, the objective of doing so is to guarantee that no other malicious software manage of a user laptop or computer to exploit the vulnerability.
Microsoft also stated that the worm will even reset a user's program restore position, then the consumer is tricky, even impossible, to return to the infected Windows program before.
; Mador stressed the individual personal computer to set up MS08-670 patch is to be secured and.
last week, Symantec ThreatCon safety of its boost alert stage from degree 1 to stage 2 in order to stop their customers and the honeypot had (honeypot) to bring the danger of attack, the honeypot would be to draw in malicious attacks, virtual device. Within this regard, other security vendors controversial.