I've been trying like mad to send a .lnk file via email but can't seem to do it - Outlook blocks it, and GoogleMail just attaches the .exe that it points to - so I feel slightly better about it.
On 19 July 2010 13:36, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > 0day is already out. I don’t yet have information as to how dangerous it > is. > > > > MANY anti-spam solutions already block against incoming LNK files. That may > be the only real workaround. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Monday, July 19, 2010 8:34 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Anyone mitigating against this yet? > > > > I suspect that this will be patched very quickly. The questions are: > > > > -- How many times? > > -- How long before a fast-speading attack is implemented? > > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:31 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx > > We have autoplay disabled since the Conficker days, but I can't see my > users being too happy about disabling shortcut icons. Hmmm. Hope MS patch it > up soon. > > -- > "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into > the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able > rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such > a question." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
