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01-03-2006, 12:07 AM
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| Another hole found in the swiss cheese Can't ascertain the validity but worth a read: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0d644d5e-7b...0779e2340.html
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01-03-2006, 12:33 AM
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| Looks like Bill needs to stop playing with his Microsoft and look into this.
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01-03-2006, 02:54 AM
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| I actually read this story at work. I found the link to this story on Drudge Report. Everybody should take extra caution until an official patch comes out.
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01-03-2006, 07:14 AM
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| Another irresponsible disclosure put PC users at risk Source: http://www.pcdoctor-guide.com/wordpress/?p=2043 The WMF exploit is another example of an irresponsible disclosure by people with an interest in security putting millions of PC users worldwide at risk from the vulnerability (I want to make it clear here that it is not Sunbelt who was irresponsible - I saw a number of irresponsible disclosures of proof of concept code on several websites and this code has formed the basis for many of the current exploits we are seeing). This is being listed as a "zero day" exploit. A zero day exploit means the code to exploit the vulnerability is released the same day the vulnerability advisory itself is released. For those who tend to visit sites which could be using the WMF exploit and don't want to wait for a patch here is a work around to protect yourself. This only effects Windows XP(Home/PRO) and Windows 2000 Go to START and RUN and type in regsvr32 /s /u shimgvw.dll and click OK. This will unregister the WMF image viewer. It shouldn't impact your Internet browsing much since not many sites use WMF graphics any way. YOU WILL NEED to REBOOT
__________________ The real treasure is in the hunt... Last edited by Detector; 01-03-2006 at 07:36 AM. |
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01-04-2006, 11:19 AM
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| I read other reports that ALL windows versions are effected. At least any version of windows that uses IE. I could not find the article that stated all windows OS's from 1990 to current (i did read it). I did however find another msn article that supports my claim. Detector mention specific OS's which is what the workaround will actually work on. If you have a win9x OS, you are still vulnrable except there is no work around on Win9x. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10651414/from/RL.2/ correct me if I am in left field on this. |
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