“The potential [security threat] is huge,” said Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at F-Secure, an antivirus company. “It’s probably bigger than for any other vulnerability we’ve seen. Any version of Windows is vulnerable right now.”"Windows PCs face 'huge' virus threat," Kevin Allison, Financial Times.
No, I'm not gloating - this is a public service. So pay attention, public. Get your anti-virus stuff updated and use it too.
I am not a big fan of the anti-virus industry, by the way - for a number of reasons, the most recent of which is its notable failure to mention the infamous Sony rootkit that was discovered (by the geeks) a month or so ago. Corporate viruses (virii, sigh), it seems, they give a pass.
But this one looks like a nasty one and you had best not stand on principle - particularly, mine. Be careful out there.
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