kukm4
12-31-2005, 09:41 PM
Listining to weekly Tech Radio show today (12/31/05)
Leo Laporte -The Tech Guy on KFI (640am)
He mentioned about a major security hole in all versions of Windows, and that Microsoft has no patch yet.
http://leo.am/radio/ShowNotes/Show209
He also had a link to another site by Steve Gibson that has a simple fix for this exploit
untill Microsoft release a Patch.
http://grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm
"-Although NOT a complete solution, Microsoft has recommended temporarily disabling the automatic display of some images by the operating system and web browser. This can be done, as detailed below, by "unregistering" the "SHIMGVW.DLL" Windows DLL. THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SOLUTION, but it significantly lowers the risk from this vulnerability from web surfing."
There are instruction on how to dis-able this and re-enable this once the Offcial Patch is released.
"-Do not open any "WMF" — Windows Metafiles — you receive by eMail, and reports are that other file types may also be dangerous."
Just wanted everyone to be aware incase you did not know about this.
Kukm4
Leo Laporte -The Tech Guy on KFI (640am)
He mentioned about a major security hole in all versions of Windows, and that Microsoft has no patch yet.
http://leo.am/radio/ShowNotes/Show209
He also had a link to another site by Steve Gibson that has a simple fix for this exploit
untill Microsoft release a Patch.
http://grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm
"-Although NOT a complete solution, Microsoft has recommended temporarily disabling the automatic display of some images by the operating system and web browser. This can be done, as detailed below, by "unregistering" the "SHIMGVW.DLL" Windows DLL. THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE SOLUTION, but it significantly lowers the risk from this vulnerability from web surfing."
There are instruction on how to dis-able this and re-enable this once the Offcial Patch is released.
"-Do not open any "WMF" — Windows Metafiles — you receive by eMail, and reports are that other file types may also be dangerous."
Just wanted everyone to be aware incase you did not know about this.
Kukm4