chrisdavis
12-30-2005, 07:05 PM
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There is a very big virus at the moment on the internet using a flaw available in a fully patched Windows XP SP2 system (A flaw? In Windows? ORLY?) that can make a hacker take control of your computer. All you need to do to be infected is to view an infected image on a webpage. Firefox users are only HALF protected, because it will ask you if you want to save it or run it. Internet explorer users will NOT be prompted.
It is believed that people with an AMD Athlon 64 processor MIGHT be protected against that threat (Thanks to the Malicious software protection on the chip, that Windows XP 64bit supports), but that is not proven yet.
Microsoft has yet to provide a patch for this vulnerability.
But here's a temporary workaround for that vulnerability available.
Please note that I am not responsible for any damage done to your computer by this workaround.
Workaround:
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1) Close any Internet Explorer window.
2) Start, Run and write: regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll
This will cause that this DLL that is the problem of this vulnerability will not be registered.
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PLEASE NOTE THOUGH THAT THIS FIX HAS AN IMPACT!
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Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer be started when users click on a link to an image type that is associated with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. To undo this change, re-register Shimgvw.dll by following the above steps. Replace the text in Step 2 with “regsvr32 %windir%/system32/shimgvw.dll” (without the quotation marks).
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There is a very big virus at the moment on the internet using a flaw available in a fully patched Windows XP SP2 system (A flaw? In Windows? ORLY?) that can make a hacker take control of your computer. All you need to do to be infected is to view an infected image on a webpage. Firefox users are only HALF protected, because it will ask you if you want to save it or run it. Internet explorer users will NOT be prompted.
It is believed that people with an AMD Athlon 64 processor MIGHT be protected against that threat (Thanks to the Malicious software protection on the chip, that Windows XP 64bit supports), but that is not proven yet.
Microsoft has yet to provide a patch for this vulnerability.
But here's a temporary workaround for that vulnerability available.
Please note that I am not responsible for any damage done to your computer by this workaround.
Workaround:
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quote:
------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------
1) Close any Internet Explorer window.
2) Start, Run and write: regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll
This will cause that this DLL that is the problem of this vulnerability will not be registered.
------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------
PLEASE NOTE THOUGH THAT THIS FIX HAS AN IMPACT!
---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------
quote:
------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------
Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer be started when users click on a link to an image type that is associated with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. To undo this change, re-register Shimgvw.dll by following the above steps. Replace the text in Step 2 with “regsvr32 %windir%/system32/shimgvw.dll” (without the quotation marks).
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