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05 Aug 2005
An Austrian virus writer has published the first proof-of-concept virus for a new Microsoft scripting technology that could form part of Windows Vista. The code exploits the Microsoft Command Shell (MSH) technology, codenamed Monad.
Finnish security company F-Secure reported on its blog about the code that was first published in an Austrian virus writer publication.
The posting claimed that the possibility of a virus exploiting MSH was predicted by security experts in 2004.
MSH is set to replace the DOS command line in Windows, allowing Microsoft to get rid of the last remnants of the old operating system in Windows.
But more importantly it will allow systems administrators to gain full control by using a tool that is similar to the command shell in the Unix operating systems and its derivatives like Linux and Mac OS X.
The technology was scheduled for release as part of Windows Vista, but is now tied to the release of Exchange 12 in the second half of 2006. It is not yet clear whether it will ever be a standard feature of Vista.
The technology is not tied to Vista either. Users will be able to add MSH to Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 as well as Vista.
Microsoft released a first beta of MSH in June. The technology is not included in the Vista beta released last week.
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Posted by: Chris 25 Nov 2006
Unix like
"a tool that is similar to the command shell in the Unix operating systems" Hmmm i see.
Posted by: marc 09 Oct 2006
Windows
Eh, I thought it was called Windows because it was so easy to throw rocks and make holes in it. Then again, that's not true, because the holes are already there. I suppose it's more like air. You can get through it any which way you try. Yeah, that's it.
Posted by: Cody 28 Feb 2006
Good Service
Good Service
Posted by: Frank Johnson 14 Oct 2005
Like every other Microsoft product
I'm not totally surprised, even since DOS there has been viruses affecting users. Take a look at Windows XP, how many viruses were made for it? Plan and simple, Microsoft has a lot to learn. If they were more like *nix based operating systems, they'd be more useful; they create a load of code and slap a name on it. The reason it's called "Windows" is because people throw their computers out them from the computer crashing
Posted by: *Unknown* 01 Sep 2005
proper privilege granting will be crucial
Most scripting technologies around allow the creation of Viruses. The problem is whether the OS allows these viruses to run and with what privileges. For Vista like any other OS that's where security will come or not.
Posted by: dukeinlondon 05 Aug 2005