MS06-042 Related Internet Explorer 'Crash' is Exploitable

Date:
August 22, 2006

Severity:

If you haven't patched your Windows machine to fix the August vulnerabilities, better get to it now.  Network scanning for the Server Service vulnerability is picking up, and it is now a matter of days or hours before a worm is distributed.

Here is what security experts are advising in relation to the MS06-040 / Server Service vulnerabiltiy:

---- Identify PCs vulnerable to attack by running the free scanning tool offered by eEye Digital Security. The tool, which comes in two versions -- one capable of scanning 16 machines simultaneously, the other up to 256 computers -- can be downloaded free of charge from the eEye site.

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