Saturday, August 25, 2012

AutoCAD 2013/AutoCAD LT 2013 SP1 helps combat malware

AutoCAD 2013/AutoCAD LT 2013 SP1 helps combat malware:
UPDATE 2012-08-24:  Posted on the download page today:Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2013 has been temporarily removed due to a newly discovered fatal error. The AutoCAD team is actively working on resolving this and a new service pack will be posted here [the download page] as soon as it is available”
The AutoCAD, and AutoCAD LT, 2013 Service Pack 1 is out.


Without A Net: Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT 2013
Autodesk has released Service Pack 1 for AutoCAD 2013 and AutoCAD LT 2013. 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this update can be found at the following links:
AutoCAD 2013 Service Pack 1
AutoCAD LT 2013 Service Pack 1

This update is only for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT and cannot be applied to vertical products that are based on AutoCAD 2013…

I haven’t tried these yet, as run AutoCAD Architecture vertical, but Without A Net details a very good reason for getting these updates deployed:


Without A Net: New Security Controls in AutoCAD 2013 SP1 Help Combat Malware

Over the last few years there has been an increasing number of malware attacks on AutoCAD. These attacks typically leverage the legacy autoloading process of the stock customization files (acad.lsp, acad.dvb, etc.) that come with AutoCAD. Modified versions of these files end up getting automatically loaded into AutoCAD and can cause data loss, corruption, and general annoyance. Here is a typical scenario…






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