If you are regular reader of fellow Daynoter Rick Hellewell, as I am, you would have heard about what may be one of the more serious Windows vulnerabilities to come through recently. The exploit requires only that you visit an infected site or view an infected email and the dirty deed will be done.
Rick, and other respected security experts, are taking the unprecedented step of recommending the installation of a non-Microsoft patch because of the seriousness of the threat and Microsoft's apparent lack of concern about this threat. As the SANS people indicate:
You cannot wait for the official MS patch, you cannot block this one at the border, and you cannot leave your systems unprotected.
It's time for some real trustworthy computing. All we're asking is if we've proved ourselves to be worthy of your trust.
If you trust these guys, and they've earned such trust over the years, now is the time to take the leap and download the patch.
