McAfee chief technology ruler George Kurtz explained power a blog posting yesterday that the tool is an updated version of the firm's Stinger virus removal application.
"The Aurora Stinger has been designed to specifically detect besides repair unabbreviated known variants of Aurora and associated threats," he wrote.
"It also includes a link to the cloud-based McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, which aspect that it will further pick upgrowth on newly discovered variants in real instance minus requiring an update to the compellation files that pop up with the tool."
Microsoft said yesterday that it will release an out-of-cycle purify to the snag when it has finished pet testing.
However, Kurtz revealed that McAfee Labs has detected an unofficial patch to the IE blemish produced by a interrogatory party, which he urged security administrators to avoid.
"These unofficial patches may seem like a germane idea now they come to secure nowadays protection, but applying a patch from an unknown source due to software that was created by someone else just isn't a good idea," he wrote.
"It can induce all kinds of compatibility and performance issues, and may typify a security risk of its own."
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