`Nasty` Windows 10 bug can corrupt a hard drive by you looking at a file
(Windows Phone Central)

A Windows 10 bug that`s been around for years can corrupt your hard drive. What you need to know A `nasty` Windows vulnerability can corrupt a hard drive when someone looks at a specific line of code. The bug has been exploitable since the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Microsoft is working on a fix for the issue. A `nasty` NTFS vulnerability in Windows 10 has been highlighted yet again by infosec researcher Jonas L. The vulnerability can be exploited with a single-line command and when exploited, corrupts an NTFS-formatted hard drive. Following the corruption, Windows will prompt a person to restart their computer to fix the issue. Attackers can hide the line of code inside a ZIP file, folder, or even a Windows shortcut file. If the bug is exploited correctly, it can corrupt a drive without someone even opening the malicious file. BleepingComputer found that once a shortcut file was downloaded to a Windows 10 PC and is viewed within a folder, Windows Explorer will attempt to di...