They think they have a patch for the .LNK vulnerability. They have also found a really nasty virus ("SALITY") which has been transmitted by this vulnerability.
They feel it is enough of an emergency to release it on a Monday (rather than on the second Tuesday). This information is elsewhere, including the Sunbelt blog and The Register. Thanks! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® Rob Bonfiglio <robbonfig...@gmail.com> wrote on 08/02/2010 11:16:00 AM: > I sent this earlier, but it looks like it may not have made it to > the list since I had been unsubscribed from my little episode this weekend: > > We got this from our TAM this morning. No real details, other than > that there will be an out of band update and details will be released later: > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-aug.mspx > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~