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« on: December 30, 2005, 01:32:52 AM »

Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows 2003 are currently vulnerable to a new WMF exploit with no current patch available as of the 29th December 2005.

Please read this article to discover more about the threat and how to protect yourself!

http://www.updatexp.com/wmf-exploit.html
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« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2005, 07:27:34 AM »

I don't know who I'm tired of, the DH's that create virus's, trojan, etc. and cause me to worry about my systems or the DH's at MS for not making a secure OS.
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« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2005, 04:18:29 PM »

this one is a bad one.
all we can do is sit tight and wait for a patch... (there is a registry change you can make but it will most likely confuse the casual user as it disables some features in windows)
rejoice if you own a Mac or *nix box
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« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2005, 04:44:18 PM »

Thanks for the heads up Don. We have two computers here in the home office that need anti-virus and anti-spyware software installed... now looks like a very good time to do that!  Shocked

Spysweeper looks like a good one.......

Someday I'll force myself to get back into Linux  Grin
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