Microsoft Updates for Duqu
Microsoft which earlier promised a security update earlier this week released a temporary patch to deal with the virus, which targets victims via email with a Microsoft Word attachment.
Security researchers became aware of Duqu in October when Symantec said it had found a virus that contained code similar to Stuxnet, a piece of malicious software believed to have wreaked havoc on Iran’s nuclear program
The virus is not in the email, but in the attachment itself. A Symantec researcher said if a user opens the Word document, the attacker could take control of the PC, and nose around in an organization’s network to look for data, and the virus could propagate itself.
To learn more about Duqu visit the following sites.
“The security advisory provides a workaround that can be applied to any Windows system,” wrote Jerry Bryant of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Group on the company’s blog. “To make it easy for customers to install, we have released a Fix it that will allow one-click installation of the workaround and an easy way for enterprises to deploy.”
Microsoft Safety and Security Center.
