errrr could the user who knows very little regain control of the pc and
continue working?

ill tell you what.. I wont wreck your car, ill just remove the steering
wheel so you cant use it...lol

do you like it? :-)




"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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> Was the system compromised? Was the user account even compromised? Yes it
> caused a crash but was it able to use this to exploit the system?
>
> --
> Kerry Brown
> Microsoft MVP - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>
> "jim kirk" <11@11.11> wrote in message
> news:O80LobZdHHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> As I have predicted vista will be the biggest target ever
>> for all kinds of attacks. It will be brought down to its knees
>> by the hackers. Why? Well because MS boasted about it being secure... and
>> everyone knows that this is a lie.
>> Now all the hackers have to do is play! Although I wish no harm to
>> anyone... vista needs a good smack-down to show
>> the world what a piece of crap it really is. MS has the NERVE to CLAIM
>> that vista is more secure than linux or Macs...
>> ohhh their asking for it BIG TIME!
>>
>> see a video here of the .ani attack (this effects all versions of
>> windows, but I thought vista was secure.. what the heck is UAC doing?
>> sleeping? )
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0S0Vk7j6I
>>
>> see article here:
>>
>> March 30, 2007
>> Follow-up: Vista vulnerable to animated cursor flaw
>> On Thursday, I posted an item about a flaw in Internet Explorer 6 and 7
>> related to the way those browsers in Windows XP Service Pack 2 handle
>> animated cursors. At the time, the word was that it would not affect IE7
>> on Windows Vista because of that browser's Protected Mode, which isolates
>> it from the operating system.
>>
>> However, apparently IE need not be involved at all. Just the way Windows
>> handles animated cursors leaves the operating system vulnerable. Drag a
>> malicious animated cursor file (.ani) to the Vista desktop and . . .
>>
>> Well, see for yourself, courtesy of this video by McAfee's Craig
>> Schmugar:
>>
>> Yes, what you're watching is an endless loop of Windows Explorer crashing
>> and restarting, over and over. In its security bulletin on the flaw,
>> Microsoft mentions that one way to spread this would be via e-mail.
>> Indeed, an e-mail attachment saved to the desktop would be just the thing
>> to kick off this crash-restore cycle.
>>
>> It will be interesting to see how fast Microsoft patches this
>> vulnerability.
>>
>> Update: Security firm eEye has issued a third-party patch for the flaw.
>> Use it at your own risk.
>>
>> Update 2.0: Microsoft -- Attacks on Windows Flaw Rise
>>
>