don't go online with Windows #
<geek> You may of heard of the “Windows MetaFile vulnerability” or not, well i’m gonna tell ya here.
OOOOH NELLY, it’s bad. Just viewing an any_File.wmf file (not clicking on it or anything) in Windows online can run code (any code) in that file. Even an any_File.wmf file with the name changed to any_File.jpg, Windows still knows it’s an any_File.wmf file. That’s not good is it…
OK Steve “Patron Saint of Windows” Gibson has done lots of work
Listen to mp3 (RIGHT-CLICK / Save Target As...):
The Windows MetaFile Backdoor? [4.8mb]
The Windows MetaFile (WMF) Vulnerability [3.3mb]
He has a cool little prog to test if ya PC is vulnerable:
KnockKnock.exe (RIGHT-CLICK / Save Target As...):
If it is go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx
and install the patch relevant to you, easy. </geek>
OOOOH NELLY, it’s bad. Just viewing an any_File.wmf file (not clicking on it or anything) in Windows online can run code (any code) in that file. Even an any_File.wmf file with the name changed to any_File.jpg, Windows still knows it’s an any_File.wmf file. That’s not good is it…
OK Steve “Patron Saint of Windows” Gibson has done lots of work
Listen to mp3 (RIGHT-CLICK / Save Target As...):
The Windows MetaFile Backdoor? [4.8mb]
The Windows MetaFile (WMF) Vulnerability [3.3mb]
He has a cool little prog to test if ya PC is vulnerable:
KnockKnock.exe (RIGHT-CLICK / Save Target As...):
If it is go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx
and install the patch relevant to you, easy. </geek>
