Signs of infection

If you notice new toolbars have been added to your web browser.

Constant window popups

Email messages you never sent are returned ‘undeliverable’.

Constant modem or hard drive activity.

Slower than normal system performance.

Posted under General

This post was written by Ted on June 12, 2007

MS07-030 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (927051)

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This important update resolves two privately discovered and responsibly reported vulnerabilities in addition to other security issues identified during the course of the investigation. The privately reported vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted Visio file. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. User interaction is required to exploit these vulnerabilities.

Posted under Microsoft Security Alerts

This post was written by Microsoft Security Bulletins on June 12, 2007

MS07-031 — Critical: Vulnerability in the Windows Schannel Security Package Could Allow Remote Code Execution (935840)

Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This critical security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Secure Channel (Schannel) security package in Windows. The Schannel security package implements the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) Internet standard authentication protocols. This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user viewed a specially crafted Web page using an Internet Web browser or used an application that makes use of SSL/TLS. However, attempts to exploit this vulnerability would most likely result in the Internet Web browser or application exiting. The system would not be able to connect to Web sites or resources using SSL or TLS until a restart of the system.

Posted under Microsoft Security Alerts

This post was written by Microsoft Security Bulletins on June 12, 2007