Window's 'biggest security threat ever' leaves all versions vulnerable..
Security experts call this the worst threat yet
Tuesday, January 3, 2006 by GoodMorphing | Discussion: Personal Computing
A flaw, discovered last week, that allows viri and spyware to infect a computer merely by opening an image was recently made worse by hackers who published the vulnerable source code. A new patch will be out around Jan. 10, but many security experts are recommending people to use an unofficial patch and to be careful following unknown links and opening e-mail. (stuff like this is why i stopped the musical vision threads)
GoodMorphing
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:05 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:05 PM
OOPS... The statement from microsoft and the patch link that i had placed here was a statement from their last security warning. I thought that it was too good to be real. They are all starting to look the same...
To clarify, the new threat is real. A second comment i posted about a statement from microsoft that included a link to a patch was not current.
NightTrainthedark
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:26 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 4:26 PM
Well, you got me anyways. 
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up.
GoodMorphing
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 5:56 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 5:56 PM
Thanks, Gary. I'm all patched up until next time.
Vinco
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 6:38 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 6:38 PM
Patched, rebooted, and hoping this doesn't cause too many 'net outages.
yrag
Reply #11 Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:20 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:20 PM
http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm
MS Hotfix: KB912919
MS Hotfix: KB912919
twobadmice
Reply #12 Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:23 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, January 5, 2006 5:23 PM
www.windowsupdate.com Official patch released
Jonep
Reply #13 Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:03 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:03 PM
Microsoft has released an official patch for the WMF vulnerability. It is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-001.mspx
Is this a new patch yrag?
Is this a new patch yrag?
Island Dog
Reply #14 Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:10 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:10 PM
I believe you have to uninstall the patch, before you install the official one from Microsoft.
Jonep
Reply #15 Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:29 PM
Reply #15 Thursday, January 5, 2006 8:29 PM
Yep, uninstalled the temp patch ID and M$ update kicked in heard that the temp patch messed up some printing as well hope this as no bugs 
heard that the temp patch messed up some printing as well hope this as no bugs 
GoodMorphing
Reply #17 Thursday, January 5, 2006 9:37 PM
Reply #17 Thursday, January 5, 2006 9:37 PM
Make sure to uninstall the patch... through add/remove.
Sembetu
Reply #18 Thursday, January 5, 2006 9:41 PM
Reply #18 Thursday, January 5, 2006 9:41 PM
I was in the middle of reaching for that patch, when all of a sudden I realized I was working on a mac...
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 3, 2006 3:28 PM