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Windows Hidden Feature Or Bug?

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:43 pm    Post subject: Windows Hidden Feature Or Bug? Reply with quote

InfoWorld
has an interesting bit on a hidden feature in Windows that could potentially
be a security issue and eventually exploited.

The trick is that Internet Explorer 6 and 7 beta can be fooled into running
Windows desktop shortcuts instead of going to the Internet. For example,
right-click your desktop and choose C...read more
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It even works with hidden files.

For people like me who hate hidden files and always show all files, this wouldn't really be much cause for alarm. If in plain view that kind of thing would stick out like a sore thumb. Maybe a rootkit kind of situation could completely hide such a file, but by then you would already have control of the user's machine, so why would you need to redirect webpages to executables?

I just don't see this adding much to hackers or virus writers arsenal.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's actually a neat find, I played some tricks on a friend with this Laughing
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