A patch is on the way to fix up that ancient Virtual DOS Machine flaw.
Last month we reported that Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher at Google, discovered a security flaw in the Virtual DOS Machine that can allow a nefarious user to inject code into the kernel and possibly install malware.
The flaw spanned iterations of Windows operating system over the last 17 years, including:
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
According to the BBC, Microsoft will be rolling out a fix to this bug in a February Security Update. The update will fix five vulnerabilities that allow attackers to hijack a Windows PC and run their own programs on it.
The patch is expected to hit on Tuesday, February 9 but it's a good idea to have automatic updates turned on so that your OS will do the checking for you.
*www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-dos-bug-patch,9598.html
Here read about the 17 year old bug
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123955
Last month we reported that Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher at Google, discovered a security flaw in the Virtual DOS Machine that can allow a nefarious user to inject code into the kernel and possibly install malware.
The flaw spanned iterations of Windows operating system over the last 17 years, including:
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Windows 7
According to the BBC, Microsoft will be rolling out a fix to this bug in a February Security Update. The update will fix five vulnerabilities that allow attackers to hijack a Windows PC and run their own programs on it.
The patch is expected to hit on Tuesday, February 9 but it's a good idea to have automatic updates turned on so that your OS will do the checking for you.
*www.tomshardware.com/news/microsoft-windows-dos-bug-patch,9598.html
Here read about the 17 year old bug
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123955