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New 'WMF Exploit' in the wild??

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Name: Phil (by 2harts4ever1)
Date: January 1, 2006 at 11:53:13 Pacific
OS: WinXP Home, Sp#2
CPU/Ram: 2411Mhz/960 RAM
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Happy New Year,

The last few days, and today especially, there seems to be a lot of buzzing about a new 'WMF Exploit' going around in the wild.

Any imput on this latest threat from anyone on this forum?

Thanks and regards,

Phil

" ... Nuff Said. Keep Smiling Because I'm Smiling Too."



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Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: January 1, 2006 at 12:32:49 Pacific
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Real sad these animals are out there
WMF
WMF

" You're only as safe as your last update "


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Name: Phil (by 2harts4ever1)
Date: January 1, 2006 at 15:36:17 Pacific
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Hi Bob,

I appreciate the two links.

I decided to go ahead and install the patch by Ilfak Guilfanov as recommended on Steve Gibson's "Shields Up" site.

However, as of now I have not 'unregistered' the 'shimgvw.dll' as a lot of folks are recommending because it is my understanding Ilfak's patch makes this step unnecessary.

Thanks and regards,

Phil

" ... Nuff Said. Keep Smiling Because I'm Smiling Too."


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Response Number 3
Name: Bob (by BigBob)
Date: January 1, 2006 at 17:04:40 Pacific
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Same Here


" You're only as safe as your last update "


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Response Number 4
Name: Phil (by 2harts4ever1)
Date: January 2, 2006 at 04:50:59 Pacific
Reply:

Good morning all,

If anyone happens to stop and check out this thread I have found a very informative and easy to understand article about the current 'WMF Exploit'.

You can check it out: WMF Exploit Article

Hope this helps you understand the situation a little better as it did for me.

Regards,

Phil

" ... Nuff Said. Keep Smiling Because I'm Smiling Too."


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