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Postby Nortonesque » Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:24 pm

The WMF patch is pretty important if you haven't installed it. You can get it .
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Postby NorthView » Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:56 am

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Postby iceman5 » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:36 pm

What is the WMF patch? I clicked the link and i see a bunch of things to download but nothing called WMF.
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Postby NorthView » Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:17 pm

If you click on Norton's link, then on the download link for XP1 and XP2 you'll be on a page titled "Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919)".

Hit the Download button and follow the instructions.
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Postby Nortonesque » Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:19 pm

Sorry about that -- the patch I linked to is the WMF patch. WMF is a graphics format, and there was a bug in the rendering engine.

Basically, an attacker would just have to post a malicious WMF graphic on a web page, and anyone who viewed the web page would then be running whatever code the attacker put in the WMF.
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Postby iceman5 » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:25 pm

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Postby Nortonesque » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:34 pm

I usually deny something I don't recognize (without checking the box to always deny it), and then google it to see what it is.

Looks like BackWeb is a software update program that Logitech and others use.
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Postby gnurulle » Tue Feb 07, 2006 2:24 am

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Postby tarheel1 » Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:59 am

If, after the first twenty minutes, you don't know who the sucker at the table is, it's you. ~Author Unknown
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Postby Triple B » Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:09 am

Basics you should have are the anti spyware tool listed above, and anti-virus program and a firewall.
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Postby Cactus Jack » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:49 am

...and suspenders and a belt. Aand double-bag the condoms.
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Postby Felonius_Monk » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:43 pm

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A licky boom boom down." - Snow, 1993
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Postby Felonius_Monk » Wed Feb 08, 2006 6:51 pm

The Monkman J[c]

"Informer, you no say daddy me snow me Ill go blame,
A licky boom boom down.
Detective mon said daddy me snow me stab someone down the lane,
A licky boom boom down." - Snow, 1993
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Postby thaninja » Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:53 am

For those of you that are very worried, I am an uber computer nerd and can make sure that your system is as secure as it needs to be.

PM if you need to have it checked.
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Postby iceman5 » Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:36 pm

What are you going to do? Try to hack in?
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