FLAW IN WINDOWS!!

[quoteb55c960f60="SlashDot"]"[ib55c960f60]ZDNet is reporting on the latest dire pronouncements[=http//news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39245447,00.htm]the latest dire pronouncements about the WMF vulnerability[=http//it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/30/1310243&tid=220]WMF vulnerability. The problem is so serious that security experts are urging IT firms to use the unofficial patch[=http//it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/02/1153244&tid=201]unofficial patch. Microsoft's current goal is to release the update[=http//searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1155574,00.html]release the update on Tuesday." From the ZDNet article "This is a very unusual situation -- we've never done this before. We trust Ilfak, and we know his patch works. We've confirmed the binary does what the source code said it does. We've installed the patch on 500 F-Secure computers, and have recommended all of our customers do the same. The businesses who have installed the patch have said it's highly successful[/ib55c960f60]" It's big enough that even mainstream media[=http//money.cnn.com/2006/01/03/technology/windows_virusthreat/index.htm?cnn=yes]mainstream media is covering the flaw.[/quoteb55c960f60]

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I suggest that you guys update your Windows Machines ASAP!

I know I've already updated mine.. just trying to look out for the community ;-)

I saw this a few days ago.

Just do (taken from MS http//www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx)
To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps

1.Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.

2. A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has succeeded. Click OK to close the dialog box.

and then install another prog like fastone to open your pron, I mean pictures.

It's scary that MS can't come up with a fix faster than an outside party, but then again it doesn't surprise me.

[quotec6f510d6ad="hehehhehe"]I saw this a few days ago.

Just do (taken from MS http//www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx)
To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps

1.Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.

2. A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has succeeded. Click OK to close the dialog box.

and then install another prog like fastone to open your pron, I mean pictures.

It's scary that MS can't come up with a fix faster than an outside party, but then again it doesn't surprise me.[/quotec6f510d6ad]

thats probably easier

thanks for the heads up