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If you are running Windows, especially XP, you should check your computer to see if it is vulnerable to the infamous Windows MetaFile vulnerability.

Steve Gibson, of grc.com has created an small tool to check your computer quickly and easily. Download it here.

If you are not vulnerable, it means you have either installed one of the previous patches or else you’ve used Windows Update to get the official patch (make sure you are using Internet Explorer for the MS Update page).

If the tool tells you that you are vulnerable, make sure to follow its instructions on getting the correct patch.

I just ran the MetaFix tool from Steve this morning, and am now good to go.

*[UPDATE: Changed link for Steve’s tool – it also changed names to MouseTrap.]*

Mark Russinovich broke the story after he found a rootkit on his computer. Security Guru Steve Gibson has discussed it in detail on his Security Now podcast. Now the news has hit the mainstream with a Wired News article.

In case you haven’t heard about it yet, go read and listen! It’s estimated at having infected 500,000 computers already.

It’s a sad day for Sony.

Security guru Bruce Schneier explains and expands on his Solitaire Algorithm featured in Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon.

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