Re: The new "metasploit" computer virus

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Oh, lovely. More inaccurate information -- not about Microsoft
issuing a patch next week, but rather, about the "virus"...

No wonder users are so damned confused. :-)

- ferg


-- "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:

[snip]

Microsoft Readies Fix As New Virus Spreads
By CHRIS REITER
DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
January 3, 2006 1:20 p.m.

Microsoft Corp. plans to release on Jan. 10 a patch for a new Windows security flaw that is being exploited by a 
rapidly spreading computer virus strain known as "metasploit."

The virus surfaced last week as hackers took advantage of a flaw found in current server and desktop versions of 
Windows. It is considered serious because it requires relatively minor user interaction to be unleashed. The virus is 
carried in picture files and can be triggered if an image is viewed in an email or on an infected Web site.

[snip]


--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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