__/ [ Robert Parsonage ] on Friday 30 March 2007 15:36 \__
> Animated cursors could prove risky for Windows users, Microsoft has
> warned.
>
>
> Open Windows
>
> Malicious hackers are already known to be exploiting the flaw
> according to reports from the Sans Internet Storm Center.
>
> Simply blocking the .ani files that denote animated cursors will not
> work as many attackers are renaming booby-trapped files to disguise
> their dangerous nature.
>
> Microsoft said that many different versions of Windows were vulnerable
> to the attack. The list of potential victims includes Windows Vista,
> XP, 2000 and Server 2003.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6509865.stm
The place where I initially read this included Vista among the affected
platforms, but it had to be on a certain protection mode.
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