booger73

Yet anothr fun M$ hole..

Didn't see this posted earlier, so adding it here.. it beehoves everyone to patch their system.

See below:

http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm

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InfiniteNothing

Install this program to prevent being hacked? I don't think so.

booger73

Either that, or just disable the dll.. *shrug* don't shoot the messenger - just hope you don't run into any bad wmf's

Markel

Steve Gibson (grc.com) is a reliable source. I wouldn't be concerned about running something he supplies.

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Kevster

Here's the Microsoft Technet article on this problem:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...ry/912840.mspx

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zero2dash

http://forums.gotapex.com/showthread.php?t=95328


Gibson's site is good stuff. Although I differ from him on his opinion about WEP being the equivalent of @$$. Seriously...he acts like it's better to not use WEP than to use it at all, which is totally untrue. WEP by itself = not so good. WEP + other stuff (MAC filtering, no DHCP, disable SSID, change default SSID) is some pretty secure stuff...secure enough to deter 99.9% of people who can just as easily drive to your neighbors house and hop onto their unsecured network.

SpikeDig

Anyone else at their work get something like this for the New Year?

Due to a computer security threat the IT department is pushing out a windows hot fix which requires two manual reboots of the computer, so at your earliest convenience please reboot your computer twice so that the hot fix may be applied.

Now, I gotta "administrate" my home systems/network. Well, at least make sure the wife doesn't "break" it.

SnowSurfer

i just disabled the .dll, screw patches

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booger73

Now patched.. check windows update.

eSDee

Anyone else get the Windows Advantage Validation Tool patch as well? I swear I installed that on my home computer already, yet I could be confusing it with one of the other 60 or so PC's I support Seriously though, did anyone else get it? I don't feel like digging through my log file to figure it out.


Mine only took one reboot

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mechmike0034

Here it is direct: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../ms06-001.mspx

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