Vista users might get exposed due Windows mail bug
Vista continues to have more bugs, a security vulnerability in Windows Mail could let hackers and attackers run applications on PCs with Vista installed.
Its possible that an attacker could send an e-mail with a malicious link that, when clicked on, would execute a program on the PC without warning, according to a description of the problem published Friday on a widely read security mailing list called Full Disclosure. Windows Mail is the successor to Outlook Express, Microsoft’s free e-mail client, and ships with Vista.
Marcus, The security research and communications manager at software maker McAfee.”Theoretically, attackers can do a lot of things; they will be able to pass any command through it,”.
Microsoft has issued one security update for the operating system to repair a critical vulnerability in the scanning engine for Windows Defender, the built-in antispyware tool. Actually Microsoft is not aware of any attacks that actually attempted to use the newly reported Windows Mail vulnerability.
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