Comments | elegantelbow: Windows image exploit (DANGER!)

elegantelbow

Windows image exploit (DANGER!)

Jan 01, 2006 17:49

There is a very, very bad Windows image exploit which is going around right now. If you're interested in the nitty gritty details, you can read them here ( Read more... )

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darkneuro January 2 2006, 02:46:24 UTC

Quick question 'cause I don't wanna go through actually THINKING about this...
would you recommend patch or unreg the dll? Or all 3?

elegantelbow January 2 2006, 03:02:36 UTC

I recommend starting with unreg'ing the dll, and then install the patch (which will require a reboot at the end).

And, of course, and always, it's good to keep your virus checker updated and run regularly. If you know anyone who doesn't have antivirus protection and refuses to pay, I'd like to recommend Clam Win.

devineone January 2 2006, 04:20:57 UTC

hey is AVG antivirus a good one?

elegantelbow January 2 2006, 04:39:12 UTC

I've never used it (which isn't too surprising, since I rarely use Windows), so I looked it up. C-Net rated AVG with a five stars (their highest rating). So, I'll definitely give it a look.

Thanks for pointing it out to me.

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elegantelbow January 3 2006, 06:35:20 UTC

I'm glad I could be of help. I'm so curious to see if we have a big internet infection tomorrow.

Are you back?

suzy_hendrix January 3 2006, 04:39:09 UTC

Thank you!

elegantelbow January 3 2006, 06:37:37 UTC

Heh. lugavalium notified me of this days ago. Thank you so much for introducing me to him -- he's charming!

Thanks! buddhafiddle January 3 2006, 15:43:32 UTC

Thanks for the tip! I've done everything, but clamwin doesn't run on either of my machines. It returns instantly with an empty log and says that it's done. It seems to do this on any system I run it on; ever seen this?

Re: Thanks! elegantelbow January 3 2006, 21:21:33 UTC

Bummer. I've never seen that behavior. I wish I could offer more information. If you haven't already, I'd uninstall it and install the newest version, but I have no deep insight.

Awwww. buddhafiddle January 3 2006, 21:24:00 UTC

I was hoping you weren't going to say that. Tried that, with no luck. It's a trip to groups.google.com for me.

Microsoft is adding their patch to this to the 1/10 Windows update.