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Microsoft releases fix for Windows vulnerability

Less than week after the company confirmed the issue was allowing USB malware to infiltrate systems, it has released a fix.

By Jennifer Scott, 21 Jul 2010 at 10:59

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Microsoft has released a “fix it” for the latest flaw to be discovered in Windows.

The vulnerability with executable files was confirmed on Friday by the Microsoft Security Response Centre (MSRC) team.

It allowed malware from external storage devices to take hold of machines instantaneously, thanks to the files launching as soon as folders were opened.

The fix, released by Microsoft today, claims to be able to prevent such attacks from occurring.

On the MSRC blog, Christopher Budd, security programme manager, warned: “This workaround will disable some icons from being displayed so we recommend administrators test this before deploying it widely.”

He added: “As always, we'll update the security advisory and this blog with new information as it becomes available.”

Click here to get the fix.

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