Jul 23 2008
Vulnerability in JET Leading to Data Loss
History is full of examples which reveal how several intruders have taken the advantage of the weakness of some applications or operating systems and thus taken control over the data of the users. One such weakness also exists in the JET engine which is becoming the cause of the data deletion, virus attack and several other operations by the attackers. The final result is the data loss observed by the user.
Actually this is a security vulnerability in JET database engine in Windows which allows the attacker to take the complete control of the affected system. Now the user can do any thing with this system, he/she can install some programs, change or delete the data, create new accounts and many more. In this course the most relevant thing that is being affected is the key term of the organization- data and thus the need of data recovery is stepping in at the high pace.
The intruders have crafted a special MS Word file which tempts the user to get it opened and when the user opens this file, the remote execution of his/her system gets started. To prevent this, Microsoft has introduced a security update which alters the way the Jet Database Engine parses data within a database to address the vulnerability and thus modifying the way that Microsoft Word handles specially crafted Word files.
This security update is highly recommended for the Windows users if they want their data safe, secure and faraway from the intruder’s interference. However the data which has got already deleted or corrupted need to be recovered. This is possible through the help of data recovery software.
The data never gets deleted until and unless it is overwritten and this is the main principle lying behind the working of the data recovery software. These software are designed to scan the affected hard drive and to retrieve the data. The rich graphical support to these software makes the part of the user simpler to perform.
As the mentioned problem is related to Windows operating system, so you require Windows data recovery software. Many data recovery companies are offering these products, but the best one would be which can address all the data loss complications.
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Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery software has been designed seeking all the data recovery needs. This software can recovery your data from any Windows file version including Windows 98, 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista. You can apply this data recovery product for the Windows file systems like FAT and NTFS.