Java/ByteVerify Trojan horse

From: Twenty (forster_at_alphalink.com.au)
Date: 02/03/04 

Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:39:44 -0800

where can i get a fix 4 it

This virus abuses the security vulnerability in Java
Virtual Machine described in MS03-011, which gives
posibility of runing potentially dangerous operation to
java program (like working with files).

Trojan horse using this vulnerability changes Internet
Explorer Home page.

this is what my virus scanner said about it

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Java/ByteVerify Trojan horse
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  • Java/byteVerify
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  • Bulletin MS02-069
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  • RE: update problem on XP
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  • Re: Java RT requires access to physical memory???
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