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The LNK vulnerability is an obnoxious little security hole that's present in all versions of Windows from Windows 2000 on up. There are now numerous attack programs that can use a malicious shortcut file, identified by the ".lnk" extension, to automatically run malware. All a user has to do is view the contents of a folder containing the infected shortcut, and, ta-da, the program is wreaking havoc.

Once in place, a LNK-based malware can do pretty much anything it wants to your Windows PCs -- send someone your credit-card numbers, zap your system, whatever. Or, and this is where it gets even more dangerous, it could be used to take over or knock out SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) control systems used to control industrial machinery in power plants and factories. In short, this is software that can use Windows not just to exploit Windows users, but to commit cyber-episonage or warfare