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Windows Shortcut Exploit
by Chuckposted: 07/21/2010 | Category: Virus/Spyware, Windows A new Windows exploit focusing on shortcut files has emerged. The exploitation uses shortcuts to infect the system by tricking it into installing and running malicious code. The biggest concern is the fact that the exploit is launch by just viewing the shortcut. As soon as Windows displays the shortcut icon, your system has been infected. Microsoft's current solution is to (unfortunately) turn off Windows' ability to display shortcut icons. This causes problems like not being able to see any shortcuts in your Start menu, etc. It is unknown when Microsoft will fix the problem. Beware these infected shortcuts can be distributed to other systems over your network and via USB thumb drives. |
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