A bad Christmas for Windows... some new vulnerabilites that affects all Windows systems are been discovered yesterday from a Chinese company, able to discover it but really stupid to publish the exploit on the net. Congratulation... 
However, one vulnerability, in the operating system's LoadImage function, could enable an attacker to compromise a victim's PC when the computer displays a specially crafted image placed on a Web site or in an e-mail. An other vulnerability, in the Windows Help program, likewise could affect any program that opens a Help file.
The other 2 exploits are explained on this SecurityFocus post and they involve the Microsoft Windows Kernel management of ANI (Windows Animated Cursor) files.
Parsing a specially crafted ANI file can cause the Windows Kernel to crash or stop to work properly. An attacker can crash or freeze a target system if he sends a specially crafted ANI file within an HTML page or within an Email. 
Seems that XP SP2 is not vulnerable to this, but must be well verified I think.
No words about the common action of publish on the net some exploit code. I don't know if the authors can imagine how dangerous could be actions like these. if you're so intelligent to discover flaws on a complex system like Windows, don't trash all your intelligence on actions that only a stupid can perform please...
I
wish
you a
nice day
without work,
without problems
but only in happiness
and peace. Relax your mind,
turn off your PC and think that
it's Christmas and your family needs
all your attention and your love. I wish you
a wonderful day with all my heart and my thinks are
also for all the people around the world that can't read this
Blog, maybe because unfortunately they're less lucky than us.
Open your heart and live
in peace.
* Merry *
Christmas!
Opera Software has released the first public beta of version 8 of its Opera browser. The new release adds lots of interesting features, such as improved RSS handling (with an RSS icon like the Firefox one on site that expose RSS feeds), fit to window or paper width, a start-bar for easy access to the most commonly used functions, automatic update checks, an easier install process, a simplified user interface and a trash can that remembers closed windows and blocked pop-ups.
But the revolutionary features added on this new Opera release is the support for voice input/output (based on the IBM Voice Technology). Is this the future of Browsers? We will surf the net by saing to our browser something like "open www.google.com"?
I'm not so sure but it's curious to see first movements on this direction. I think that also poeple that loves Firefox (like me) shoulg give a try to this new Beta, downloadable from HERE.