Security Hole in Windows Media Player

A critical security hole has been discovered in Windows Media Player versions 9 and 10. It seems that all a hacker must do is post and .asx file on a webpage and lure visitors to the page since .asx files run automatically. One way to avoid this happening to you is to disable Windows Media Player from auto-opening .asx files. The safest way to do this is Open Windows Explorer and go to Tools, Folder Options, File Types, then set "ASX" to something other than Windows Media Player which is the default player. Click the title link of this post for more from research.eeye.com.