OT: Serious Windows & Adobe Security Flaw

[Tuidjy]

I found this on a PC at my workplace as well, less than 8 hours ago. I went with a
full wipe (easy when all your desktops are not much more than dumb terminals) What
really pisses me off is that the vulnerability is due to a problem with Explorer7,
which the user installed against company policy... but given that she is one of
the owners, she gets to keep her administrator account. On the other hand, I'm
testing whether she will notice that I forgot to add it to the administrator group.

If you have to have Windows, just make sure that you do not upgrade Explorer beyond
six unless an application you need requires it. There is a patch for Adobe, but
the vulnerability exists in a number of other applications, because it is a
problem of Microsoft's, not one of the third parties.