Microsoft hopes to have virus patch next week

User Comments: 14

1. January 4, 2006 1:17 PM
   PUTALE said:
   MS need to work harder to patch these critical threats. I thought MS is suppose to offer monthly updates.
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2. January 4, 2006 1:22 PM
   asphix said:
   This threat was only unveiled about a week or two ago, wasnt it?Anyway, the sooner the better! Good to see a timeframe to expect the official patch, which should let many who are cautious breath a little easier.
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3. January 4, 2006 1:26 PM
   Mictlantecuhtli said:
   [b]Originally posted by PUTALE:[/b][quote]MS need to work harder to patch these critical threats. I thought MS is suppose to offer monthly updates. [/quote]Maybe there's nothing to fix :P
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4. January 4, 2006 1:28 PM
   segment said:
   Aside from an exploit coming out a week ago, MS was aware of the problem for some time via the "Full Disclosure" mailing lists. MS' attitude towards security is what made me migrate a slew of services towards *Unix* based software. Anyhow, you don't need to wait for MS to get off of their monopolistic a..es in order to patch this yourself... Open a command prompt and enter "REGSVR32 /s /u shimgvw.dll" and that takes care of that. It's that simple that MS engineers couldn't take a minute to do this
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5. January 4, 2006 1:31 PM
   Mictlantecuhtli said:
   segment, that's not a patch, only a workaround which disables image functionality in many applications.
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6. January 4, 2006 1:38 PM
   segment said:
   [b]Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli:[/b][quote]segment, that's not a patch, only a workaround which disables image functionality in many applications.[/quote]Oh right, Same S... Diff Day. Coming from a system administrator standpoint, there is no way I'll be waiting for MS to solve things. That's like waiting for paint to dry, then repainting and watching it again. FYI [url]http://www.hexblog.com/[/url] has released a patch which folks over at SANS (www.sans.org) have labeled the best thing available. MS quite frankly has been cruddy and will continue to be cruddy. On a side note... MS Project? Replaced with Open Project, users love it. Total cost? $0.00. Exchange? Replaced with Surgemail.. Total cost under 1,000.00 for unlimited users. MS' price for 100 users on Exchange... $4000 plus $60 for additional users... And don't think about using more than 15gb of your own space. You can't because MS says so. There have been so many things I've chucked from MS quite simply because its immature, insecure, and unstable. So patch, quickfix, makes no difference to me.
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7. January 4, 2006 3:04 PM
   cyrax said:
   At this rate , there will be a service pack 3 in no time.
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8. January 4, 2006 3:46 PM
   Crofty74 said:
   Lets just hope they fix it properly - this time.
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9. January 4, 2006 4:51 PM
   nathanskywalker said:
   Well, at least microsoft is able to fix this problem...now if people would just stop making more...
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10. January 4, 2006 7:07 PM
    exscind said:
    [b]Originally posted by nathanskywalker:[/b][quote]Well, at least microsoft is able to fix this problem...now if people would just stop making more...[/quote]There are just people who likes to take down the "big boys." I'm not defending Microsoft's ability (or lack thereof) to patch up problems, but one of the biggest reasons why there are so many hacker attacks and loopholes is because Microsoft is such a big company. It wouldn't be very much fun to exploit loopholes in something no one cares about. Firefox is a good example; people praised about how fast Firefox patches up any loopholes before and how impenetrable it was compared to Internet Explorer. But now that Firefox is gaining momentum in the web browsing "market," they have just as many problems as Internet Explorer, if not more.
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11. January 4, 2006 7:17 PM
    AYRTON MB said:
    WHAT ABOUT MS OPENNING ITS SOURCE AND MAKING IT FREE ...!?!?I´M SURE A LOT OF GOOD BRILLIANT BOYS WOULD HELP IMPROVE ITS SECURITY ... AIN´T MONEY ENOUGH ... !?!?BEST REGARDS ...
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12. January 5, 2006 3:58 AM
    luvhuffer said:
    There is already a fix for this. It's an installable program called wmffix_hexblog1.4 It was available on heblogs site but they had to move the forums over to castlecops because their site couldn't handle the traffic. They have put up links to the fix and an msi version for networks. There is also an app on thee site that can test your system to see if you are vulnerable to the exploit. The program doesn't interfere with the viewing of thumbnails like the unregistering of the .dll fix does. And it comes with an uninstaller for when MS does come out with a fix. These guys have had the fix up since Friday night. Nice to see there are people who will skip their new years parties to see that the community is protected. Link to fix and tester files:[url]http://www.hexblog.com/index.html[/url]The forums if you want more info is at:[url]http://castlecops.com/f212-hexblog.html[/url][Edited by luvhuffer on 2006-01-05 04:04:00]
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13. January 5, 2006 10:58 AM
    Rhianntp said:
    In office max where I work I had a few customers come in paniced about this issue. The media must do a good job of hype for this. Anyway, I'm glad there will be a fix soon
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14. January 6, 2006 11:33 AM
    mentaljedi said:
    They took their sweet time. Its been released finally. IT was a big worry for many.
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