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Which antivirus companies protect you against the VML exploit?

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September 20th, 2006

So, which antivirus product will protect you from the latest VML exploit?  Well, using the free service at VirusTotal we can take a look:

VirusTotal VML exploit

Only one hit.  Pretty dismal really.  Shows that most antivirus companies have a turning circle like an aircraft carrier.

For details on how to protect yourself against this nasty, take a look at this post.

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One Response to “Which antivirus companies protect you against the VML exploit?”

  1. » DEP - A missed opportunity to protect millions of Windows users | Hardware 2.0 | ZDNet.com Says:
    September 21st, 2006 at 11:58

    [...] So, what can DEP protect you against?  Well, there have been three big security scares this year that have been stopped in their tracks by hardware-enforced DEP.  These include the WMF vulnerability from the beginning of the year and the latest VML vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer.  You should never rely solely on hardware-enforced DEP to protect you against malicious code, but given that the detect rate for the VML vulnerability is still pretty awful, it's a handy safety net to be running. [...]