WMF Vulnerability
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Topic: WMF Vulnerability
Posted By: dpyers
Subject: WMF Vulnerability
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 1:55pm
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http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-362A.html - http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA05-362A.html
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Posted By: Ninjai
Date Posted: 29 December 2005 at 2:21pm
Cheers for the info! Another hole for m$ to add to their list for future "patch tuesdays". 
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Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 30 December 2005 at 2:14am
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i really wish that for every bug discovered, M$ returned a dollar to their software lisense holders, now im not such a big fan of open source but atleast "hey it was free" ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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Posted By: Ninjai
Date Posted: 30 December 2005 at 11:47am
Can you imagine that. They would end up paying us three times more than the software originally went for retail by now. 
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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 31 December 2005 at 4:17pm
IMHO open source is not yet perfect. However there are quite a few things that are done better in Linux than in Windows. Vista is the last version of Windows I plan to use |
the boss wrote:Posted By: dfrancis
Date Posted: 31 December 2005 at 4:48pm
| do you think deleting SHIMGVW.DLL might do the trick? At least for the time being? |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 31 December 2005 at 5:13pm
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I just added it to the list of extensions my AV won't allow.
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Posted By: Ninjai
Date Posted: 05 January 2006 at 10:11pm
| Update Released Either go to Microsoft/Windows Update or http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06%2d001.mspx - Click Here |
Posted By: Phat
Date Posted: 06 January 2006 at 2:58am
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Are other operating system really that much safer from hackers? Windows being the most used OS would mean hackers target them more as they wil have a greater affect on more people. Is linex and others 100% secure or is it that the hackers don't bother as it will only affect a small % of users? ------------- http://buildit.sitesell.com/sitebuildithome.html - Get a website that sells |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 06 January 2006 at 11:59am
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OpenBSD - "only one remote hole in the default install in over 8 years" http://www.openbsd.org/ - http://www.openbsd.org/ Considering that a lot more sites are on some nix OS, it's not like they aren't targets. -------------
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Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 06 January 2006 at 1:39pm
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I have looked a FreeBSD and NetBSD but not OpenBSD. It is quite likely that on a default install OpenBSD isnt running any server services and has the firewall in deny all mode. That would explain why there has only been one hole in a default install. More holes will start appearing once you add on any server services. |