Patch for "Shortcut Flaw" Should be out Soon

Keith Ward, About.com's Guide to Windows, is in a blogging frenzy! (lol) He's been keeping us all up to date on a new security issue involving shortcuts.

• Windows Flaw Discovered (7/19/2010)
• Windows 'Shortcut' Flaw Ready to Explode (7/20/2010)
• Microsoft Automates Fix for Shortcut Flaw (7/21/2010)

If you're interested in the very technical aspects of this issue, you can read the Microsoft Security Advisory or Knowledge Base Article 2286198.

A true patch for this issue is forthcoming, I'd guess any day now.

Update: The patch for this issue was released on Monday, August 2, 2010: Microsoft Finally Issues Patch for "Shortcut Flaw"