Windows 7 beta affected by Vista viruses
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 22.1.2009
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversAs Microsoft diligently prepares to launch Windows 7 it will be working hard to fix all the holes in the OS before its launch; one hole that has yet to be fixed is an exploit using the auto play feature for USB drives.
The Register reports the exploit works by creating a malicious autorun.inf file and loading it onto a USB peripheral. When a user accesses the auto play menu it may appear that they are only opening a folder on the USB device when they are actually installing malicious software on their computer.
This exploit currently works on both Windows Vista and Windows 7 beta. Microsoft is still developing Windows 7 so there is a good probability that this hole will be patched when the OS launches sometime later this year.
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Comments(4)
darn this exploit.
crappiest lame virus ever.
it's all over my friends'
flash drives.
yes dude its fuking retarded, i mean the autor should be ashamed, its the one of most
lamest virus ever, cmon, using the autorun, that's like what?, from the win 98 or
computer science 101?.
yeah but you have to admit, whoever created the virus exploited vista in such a funny
way! which is what all viruses do anyways...
well the creator exploited vista in the cheapest way possible which is both remarkable
and lame. it's remarkable because it actually worked and lame because the creator is a
f***ing noob. come on people some creativity!!!
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wow i hope this get patched.
By zm on 22.01.2009 - 13:01