First potential virus risk for Windows Vista found !!!!!!!!!

[mariner]

Virus writers are targeting a new Microsoft tool that will be part of Windows and is set to ship as part of the next Exchange e-mail server release.

A virus writer has published the first examples of malicious code that targets Microsoft's upcoming command-line shell, code-named Monad, according to Finnish antivirus maker F-Secure. If the technology is included in Windows Vista, these could be one of the first viruses to target the new operating system formerly known as Longhorn, F-Secure said Thursday.

Monad, also known as MSH, is the replacement for the simple command shell in the current versions of Windows. A shell, also called a command line interface, allows a user to give a computer textual commands either from a keyboard or from a script. Monad has much more functionality, similar to shells in competing products such as Bash in Unix. However, by adding the ability to run more-complex scripts, Microsoft could possibly open another door to attackers.


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*techrepublic.com.com/2100-1009_11-5819428.html?tag=nl.e019

 

[QwertyManiac]

I think theres already a post on this that exists on LATEST section.

So, will they release a patch before release of the OS

 

[tuxfan]

So, will they release a patch before release of the OS

Quite true

 

[mariner]

So, will they release a patch before release of the OS

and again...........and again..........and again...............and again.............

as usual with micro$oft !!!!!!!

 

[busyanuj]

Microsoft's reply tells that Monad is still in testing and that Microsoft won't be bundling Monad with final release Windows Vista. So the threat of virus attack from Monad can be curbed by choosing not to install it.

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[deathvirus_me]

its still a beta ...

 

[rajas]

Hey I read an article abt the same which says it has no potential problem for users, but interesting to see a Virus on the new platform when its still in its Beta

MS..are u watching..???