New exploits for holes in Windows

11th November 2008

The company Panda Security warns of new malicious programs that exploit the recently removed vulnerability in Windows operating systems, various versions.
It is a hole described in the security bulletin Microsoft MS08-067. The problem was that when processing a specially formed request of the RPC (Remote Procedure Call), in the service Server of Microsoft an error occurs allowing attackers to take complete control over the victim`s computer. The gap is present in all versions of Windows.
According to Panda Security, malware, exploiting this vulnerability may be distributed both via e-mail and via the net, even from legal web pages.
The company Panda Security strongly recommends that users of Windows should install all the released patches. You can download them via Windows Update, Microsoft Update, the built-in Windows tools of updating and the official site of Microsoft.