There’s obviously been alot of talk about the WMF vulnerability now impacting all versions of Windows computers.
There was even a blog post I read about people being upset that Microsoft had a patch, but wouldn’t be releasing it immediately, but instead would roll it up into their normal Patch Tuesday release.
I was doing some work on my computer this evening and was prompted with an advisory from my installation of Windows OneCare system:
A security vulnerability in Windows could allow malicious software to infect your computer when opening an infected graphic or a malicious Web site. Microsoft is working on a patch, but Windows OneCare is protecting you now from known viruses using this flaw. As long as your Windows OneCare status remains ‘green’ or ‘yellow’ while you’re connected to the Internet, Windows OneCare is protecting you. If your status is ‘red’ (at risk), please either take the requested action or go to the Help Center.
Advisory: 0.0.0.8
Release date: 01/03/2006
This is a good example of why I like Microsoft. I didn’t need to do anything to worry about this, Microsoft just took care of it automatically. Granted, they could definitely do a better job of protecting their users from these things in the first place, but when you’re as large as Microsoft and with so many people that don’t like them for various reasons, they’ve got an awfully large target on their back.
I can almost guarantee that with the upcoming releases of Apple products on Intel platforms, the Apple-dom will start getting some more public attacks focused at them as well.
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