Adobe has released a patch for a vulnerability in their Flash software earlier than they initially planned to. The vulnerability that was announced on the 13th was originally planned to be patched next week, however the patch has now been released almost a week ahead of schedule.
Use the auto-update feature in Flash, or download the patch from Adobe's website.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Windows Virus/Worm Going Around
Reports started coming in yesterday of multiple infections from the "Here You Have" worm (a variant of W32/VBMania@MM). Here are several articles detailing the worm.
If you are using the practices I advocate (e.g. not clicking on any link sent via email that you weren't expecting to receive, and not giving your user account administrative privileges) then your risk of getting this virus is low. If you have the ability to filter out websites on your network, I would filter out the expressions "sharedocuments.com" and "sharemovies.com" as these are the sites that hosted the original files.
As always I highly recommend that you keep your anti-virus up to date and that you patch your system early and often.
If you are using the practices I advocate (e.g. not clicking on any link sent via email that you weren't expecting to receive, and not giving your user account administrative privileges) then your risk of getting this virus is low. If you have the ability to filter out websites on your network, I would filter out the expressions "sharedocuments.com" and "sharemovies.com" as these are the sites that hosted the original files.
As always I highly recommend that you keep your anti-virus up to date and that you patch your system early and often.
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