Disseminate dangerous code to exploit Windows errors

The weekend passed a dangerous code to exploit a security vulnerability that could disrupt systems running Windows operating systems that were widely publicized on the Internet.

This new malicious exploit code aims to exploit a security flaw in the Windows operating system that Microsoft ranks as ' extremely dangerous '. This error arises in a part of the operating system called Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC). Microsoft has released this security patch along with the October security bulletin - patch MS05-051.

According to a Microsoft representative, the initial investigation of the code shows that the code is fully capable of successfully exploiting a security hole in the Windows operating system and could lead to a hack. Public denial of service. Microsoft representatives also confirmed that this code cannot attack by executing remote code. Attacking by executing malicious code often means that hackers can gain control of all users' PCs while denial of service attacks only cause system failure. .

Also according to Microsoft, if users have installed MS05-051 patch, their system is guaranteed 'immune' to this new malicious exploit code.

This is not a dangerous code that exploits errors in the first MSDTC published, but is the first dangerous code to exploit this security bug that is publicly available on the Internet. The first code programmed by Immunity security company should serve for checking products.

When Microsoft issued this patch, experts quickly warned that the security vulnerability in the MSDTC component would likely cause a scale attack similar to what Zotob computer worms did during the month. 8. However, attacks like these are not currently available. But the emergence of this dangerous code may be the first sign that attacks are coming.

Microsoft has said that the company is not concerned about attacks that use this newly published malicious code. But the company also recommends that users should quickly install the latest patches as possible.

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