Another Symantec worm

A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec's anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack, Internet security experts warned May 25.

Researchers at eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the flaw, said it could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of the target machine "without any user action."

"This is definitely wormable.  Once exploited, you get a command shell that gives you complete access to the machine.  You can remove, edit or destroy files at will," said eEye Digital Security spokesperson Mike Puterbaugh.

"We have confirmed that an attacker can execute code without the user clicking or opening anything," Puterbaugh said.

I've said it before, I'll say it again.  Not even three words, three letters:

AVG

And for individual personal use, it's even free.

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<Poster 1>  ...plus, "camo" is the american tartan ;)  i personally like the digital marpat patterns (google: marpat) - spiffy.  i'd like some black, and some other patterns shortly.

<Poster 2>  Met a soldier who was really impressed--said it made him invisible when he was standing by a computer.  Must come in handy on the battlefield.

T + 8 days

No longer does my knee have sutures.  I am informed that the swelling and bruising is normal, as is the upper incision,s reluctance to stop bleeding.  (It bled a little more again when the sutures were taken out of it.)

Instead, I have a nice new knee brace that's supposed to help push my kneecap over to what's now the "good" side.......  well, OK, the better side of my knee.  Neither side really qualifies as "good" any more.

I also have a new order for physical therapy, for range of motion in the left knee and quad retraining in the left thigh.  Whee, that's probably going to be another fifty bucks a week in medical copayments that we can't really spare.  And I can tell you in advance, this round of physical therapy is going to HURT.