Re: A Very Dangerous Worm in Windows Metafile Images (WMF)



Frank Bemelman wrote:

> "Winfield Hill" <Winfield_member@xxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:dpbba401mna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Pooh Bear wrote...
> > >
> > > I suspect that's the case. My Windoze ( 98SE ) is fully patched and
> > > up to date with all the Microsoft security issue fixes installed.
> > >
> > > I 'passed' the current online test for this exploit btw. It's not
> > > *guaranteed* but helps put my mind at rest.
> >
> > I dunno, some sites I read say the test fails to properly see
> > the vulnerability on Win98. Others point out the WMF hole is
> > valid back to Windows 3.0 So I'd be very careful.
>
> I wonder where all this expertise suddenly comes from.
>
> The only thing that running such online test proves is that there
> are still folks around who trust and run software just like that,
> on their computers that didn't show any signs of problems ;)
>
> Now that is worth a 'Sheesh'.
>
> I recommend installing MSDOS 2.0 before it is too late. Joerg
> still has copies.

DOS 2.0 was crap.

I have DOS 5.0 ( the only ever unpatched verion of DOS - i.e one that
worked out of the box ) on 5 1/4 floppies even ! and any number of versions
of DOS 6.xxxxxxxxxxxxx


Graham

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