It's bad enough when we reported earlier in the week that Vista was still vulnerable to an almost 2 year old identified exploit using malformed .ani (cursor) files.

Unfortunately, it seems the fix Microsoft released to patch this exploit breaks Realtek HD Audio and Ethernet drivers/applications. This might seem less serious than you'd think at first. Unfortunately Realtek is pretty dominant in the onboard audio and ethernet markets so this "fix" can break alot of machines.

We found out the hard way patching our Vista x64 Ultimate rig here, but with safe mode and system restore it wasn't too hard to recover from. Let's hope Microsoft and Realtek have the sense to address this now, and not blow it off until the next "Patch Tuesday". Microsoft has at least addressed the issue in a Knowledge Base article here, with a link to a patch for XP SP2 here. We assume a patch for Vista is imminent to work around this problem soon. We hope. 

Till more news is evident, if you have Realtek HD Audio or Realtek ethernet and Vista, you might want to steer clear of this "fix" until the fix gets fixed.

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