Unpatched Windows Bug - Temp Fix

Message boards : Number crunching : Unpatched Windows Bug - Temp Fix

To post messages, you must log in.

AuthorMessage
Profile Housing and Food Services

Send message
Joined: 1 Jul 05
Posts: 85
Credit: 155,098,531
RAC: 0
Message 7856 - Posted: 29 Dec 2005, 0:56:11 UTC

A new bug is in the wild that will infect your PC by going to an infected site (or reading an email, basically anything that calls the windows picture and fax viewer). This isn't one of those 'open the attachment' bugs, you go to an infected website, you become infected.

Updated news here: http://isc.sans.org/index_cached.php

In the short term, you can unregister the pic/fax viewer service by running the following line from Start > Run

REGSVR32 /U SHIMGVW.DLL

Once Microsoft releases a patch, you can re-register the service by running:

REGSVR32 SHIMGVW.DLL

Good times. .

-Ethan
ID: 7856 · Rating: 0 · rate: Rate + / Rate - Report as offensive    Reply Quote

Message boards : Number crunching : Unpatched Windows Bug - Temp Fix



©2024 University of Washington
https://www.bakerlab.org