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.

[Lord_Bob]

One of the good things about people being forced to upgrade, but no actual improvements happening is that you can use the old stuff, like Windows 2000, and you don't have any bug problems. It's really irritating actually that QuatroPro hasn't got any better since Fast Hand's Bill stole it and renamed it "Excel". But that's pretty much Bill Gate's entire carreer. Look up "Gary Kildall" to see what I mean.

[Hadrian_II]

Is this not the same bug that made problems with firefox before and microsoft did say that there is nothing wrong with their software?

things like that dont happen on linux
SCNR

[Edi]

Yes, it is, except the Firefox crew patched their software, thus eliminating that particular attack vector, but it is now a confirmed issue with IE and the Windows XP operating system in general.

[Velusion]

This isn't a problem with Vista for those curious.