Bug on Windows Vista's email app
A just-disclosed bug in Windows Vista's built-in e-mail program can be used by hackers to run malicious code on a victimized PC.
Symantec's DeepSight network, which issued a warning about the vulnerability in Windows Mail, upped the threat rating from 6.8 to 7.5 in a follow-up alert after it confirmed that the bug was remote code exploitable. That means an attacker could introduce his or her own malware onto a compromised computer. Windows Mail is the successor to Outlook Express, the entry-level e-mail app that's been bundled with the operating system since the Windows 95 edition.
By crafting an e-mail message with a link to a malicious file -- one hosted on a remote Internet server, say -- and duping the recipient to click on the link, an attacker could infect a Vista PC with software that steals identities or with a backdoor Trojan horse.
You can read more about this new threat here or here.
RITLabs once again is assuring its clients that The Bat! email application is not vulnerable to this threat. And, as The Bat! is totally compatible with Windows Vista, it can easily help you deal with Windows Mail vulnerability. Use The Bat! to make your information secure.
Symantec's DeepSight network, which issued a warning about the vulnerability in Windows Mail, upped the threat rating from 6.8 to 7.5 in a follow-up alert after it confirmed that the bug was remote code exploitable. That means an attacker could introduce his or her own malware onto a compromised computer. Windows Mail is the successor to Outlook Express, the entry-level e-mail app that's been bundled with the operating system since the Windows 95 edition.
By crafting an e-mail message with a link to a malicious file -- one hosted on a remote Internet server, say -- and duping the recipient to click on the link, an attacker could infect a Vista PC with software that steals identities or with a backdoor Trojan horse.
You can read more about this new threat here or here.
RITLabs once again is assuring its clients that The Bat! email application is not vulnerable to this threat. And, as The Bat! is totally compatible with Windows Vista, it can easily help you deal with Windows Mail vulnerability. Use The Bat! to make your information secure.