You might still get screwed by it even if you view the image on your HDD after you've saved it there (yeah, right). Anyway, you should be safe offline. There's not much chance of anyone messing with your comp over the net if you're not connected. And then it's just you. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Lag
Firefox is protection enough. Abstinence is not needed, though desirable in your case. :P
But my mom always tells me I'm a danger to myself :( What if I screw up my own PC?! :wacko: While offline even?Quote:
Originally Posted by pkt-zer0
And by saving it, you mean, just by wiewing it it saves it automatically?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmic
My God. Lag, read the first post.
I was too lazy to go past the first sentence ;PQuote:
Originally Posted by Evans
Holy fuck, I did it! I wrote the new smiley! I just pressed it though :(
No offence lag, but you really do suck.
Microsoft uploads the fix this or next week I hear.
i just installed the patch. hopefully thats all it needs.
Here is a file that I found on one of the sites linked to in the very first post. It is more or less a test file to see if you are vulnerable. When viewed it should open up the calculator and then shut down Explorer. Then explorer should open right up. That is all it will do. I have tried it on my computer.
Lies. That's one of them there virus piccies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Fear not, Firefox wouldn't even open it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darth Lucxus
EDIT: As a matter of fact, it'd only download some 2KB of it. Which does not even have a proper JPEG header.
the man speaks the truth. because of his infinite wisdom, i too have clicked on zee link using FF and gotten the exact results.Quote:
Originally Posted by pkt-zer0
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...ry/912840.mspx
Interesting.
BTW Josh your thing doesn't work, even in IE.
polo, could you explain all the shit in polo language for us who are too lazy to read 89 pages of microshit?
Here's the test, from PCdoctor-guide.com
http://sipr.net/test.wmf
Explain what, there's nothing to explain. It's the same link Cosmic posted on the first page, it's just really interesting that they decided to release the patch with the monthly updates rather than the faster possible considering the number of people getting infected.
http://www.websensesecuritylabs.com/blog/
Just look at the scam mail, one imitating M$ Brasil. :|
uh, tha file opened up my calculator and crashed IE. is that bad?
No, it's meant to do that. Though you should apply the patch as you apparently didn't patch it right. Or wait until Jan. 10th, when M$ release their patch.
i did apply the patch. i downloaded it from cosmic's post, double clicked, installed....oh wait, i didn't reboot though.
I downloaded it last night, I did that "Calc Test", and it opened, then I got to sleep (Turning off, of course =P) And now the Calc doesn't show up, so, if the Calc don't pop up everything is alright?
If the calc didn't open and rundll32 AND/OR iexplore didn't crash then, yes, you're protected and everything is allright
and that should happen on my next reboot, correct? i did apply the patch normally.Quote:
Originally Posted by polobunny
Yeah, if you reboot after installing the patch, the Calc shouldn't show up
At least it worked for me :P
EDIT: I just have installed Firefox, now updating AVG and Ad-Aware (just in case :D )
woot operaQuote:
Originally Posted by JoPrk
woot, again
yep opera rocks but all my friends still insist on using firefox but thats ok with me.
Its just annoying when they try to impose firefox on you
I love opera so much I went to a great deal of trouble to install opera mobile 8.5 .on my axim X51v
btu opera doesn't come out for my pda until 15 Jan but I got one from a japanese pda that will be coming out soon,and had opera 8.5 on it, but it checked that the pda was a sharp... something
so then I had to hex edit the main opera dll to remove the check.
It may seem like a lot of trouble but...
now Im posting this on my axim by writing on the screen like a pen
also windows Xp has been out for so long yet this has been discovered only just now, how many more flaws are we going to see in windows XP (dont answer that!)
there was just an update released today for xp. Dunno if it is the fix we are looking for though.
Edit: since i just reformatted my C drive, i decided to experiment with some firewalls. i found that Filtergate tended to block out any and every image on its hard settings.
I just installed the patch from MS update and no crash for me now :)
All is right in the world again.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060110/...MwBHNlYwM3Mzg-
old news :P
me knows this, since its a sticky was just adding "official" information on it being done. Thanks n e way ;)
I assume there is a fair amount of people here without automatic updates enabled, so your notice is a good thing, I was just being a smart ass ;)
hehe. Actually from what ive read, quite a few people here cant get the updates because of.... legal problems that might arise.
;P yea that's what I was getting at, without mentioning it. hehQuote:
Originally Posted by malice2501
You're all a bunch of criminals.Quote:
Originally Posted by malice2501
Well since the issue has been resolved I'm going to unsticky this thread. Can't see much further use for it, at least. :P
Steve Gibson has been working with the WMF vulnerability.
"Microsoft has patched the WMF vulnerability in Windows 2000 and XP, but in his research for a fix for Windows 95/98/Me Steve has come up with a blockbuster. It is his considered opinion that the WMF vulnerability could not have been a mistake. It was an intentional backdoor inserted into Windows by Microsoft for reasons unknown. Listen for details."
http://aolradio.podcast.aol.com/sn/SN-022.mp3 - 18 mb file
sounds like some jerk programmer was having fun. BTW, im not a criminal, i paid 78 bucks for my copy tyvm :P