-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Two Serious New Windows Problems

OK I undid it..now waiting to see if the whole thing blowssss UPPPPP..( 
crossing fingers)...
ml
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr." <rdulaneyjr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 7:20 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Two Serious New Windows Problems


In my opinion, yes you should all the security Guru's recommend it, as my 
buddy Pete says "You are only as safe as your last update" ; my opinion is 
that an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.

  It is possible that M$ will have a special update out for this problem 
before their normal Update Tuesday in Oct but only if it becomes 
catastrophic; which in my opinion will be to late.

  Please remember it should be "turned it back on" after the updates come 
out, though you will most likely never be able to tell you turned this off. 
I plan on reminding everyone to "turn it back on" when the time comes, but I 
am also counting on others to remind us as well.

cristy <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Is this something I really should 
do?

thanks,

Christine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr."
To:

Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 9:04 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Two Serious New Windows Problems


> Hi Cristy it is actually very simple copy the next whole line:
>
> regsvr32 -u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"
>
> Paste it into you run command
> and click on OK
>
> If you need any assistance I will be glad to help
>
>
> cristy
wrote:
> LOL...
>
> I was thinking the same thing milady hehe...but wish I could.
>
> Christine
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "milady"
> To:
>
> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:13 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Two Serious New Windows Problems
>
>
>>I hate to say this Robert but geeeeeeeez it's like working with GREEK...I
>> coudn't manage this if I wanted to..my head won't deal with it.
>> ECKCKCKCK...
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Andrew Dulaney Jr."
>> To: "PC Tech Talk"
>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 11:43 PM
>> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Two Serious New Windows Problems
>>
>>
>>> Two Serious New Windows Problems
>>>
>>> Microsoft's VML Security Advisory - "Vulnerability in Vector Markup
>>> Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution." This advisory provides a
>>> general overview of the problem and, fortunately, also provides a robust
>>> interim work-around to disable Windows' and IE's VML parsing. This can
>>> and
>>> should be used until Microsoft has repaired the buffer overrun in the
>>> VGX.DLL VML parser that is being actively exploited on the Internet.
>>> How to temporarily protect your system:
>>> As detailed in Microsoft's VML security advisory (see link above), you
>>> can
>>> quickly, easily, and safely protect your system from possible VML
>>> exploitation by "unregistering" the defective DLL. The system will no
>>> longer be able to render web-based vector markup language graphics, but
>>> you won't notice any difference since few sites use VML for benign
>>> purposes.
>>> Simply copy this command from this page (highlight the entire line then
>>> type Ctrl-C to Copy it into the clipboard), then open the "Run..."
>>> dialog
>>> by pressing your system's Start button and choosing "Run..." Press
>>> "Backspace" to remove anything that might already be in the "Open"
>>> field,
>>> then type "Ctrl-V" to paste the command into the field. Press "OK" to
>>> execute the command and you should receive a dialog confirming that the
>>> VGX.DLL file has been "unregistered" ...
>>>
>>>
>>> regsvr32 -u "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"
>>> Please tell your family and friends and the word. Since this newly
>>> discovered Windows VML defect is being actively exploited by thousands
>>> of
>>> web sites to install malware, and since viewing malicious eMail with
>>> many
>>> versions of Outlook will also cause this to occur, EVERY Windows user is
>>> a
>>> potential victim. Please help people to protect themselves.
>>> How to "re-register" the VGX.DLL:
>>> Once Microsoft has repaired this defect, which should happen no later
>>> than
>>> the second Tuesday in October (Oct. 10th) - and after you have applied
>>> those October security updates - you should re-register the repaired
>>> VGX.DLL file by repeating the steps above, but using a command without
>>> the
>>> "-u" argument, as follows:
>>>
>>>
>>> regsvr32 "%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\VGX\vgx.dll"
>>> At that time, please also remind anyone you may have helped to protect
>>> themselves through un-registering the DLL to re-register it AFTER they
>>> have updated their system with the current October patches.
>>> Windows 2000 Compressed File Corruption
>>> . . . or as Microsoft's official update page is titled: "Compressed
>>> files
>>> that are larger than 4 kilobytes may be corrupted when you create or
>>> update the files." A serious "regression" error was introduced into last
>>> month's (August 2006) security patches for Windows 2000 systems. This
>>> error can cause corruption of NTFS-compressed files on systems that have
>>> had security update 920958 (MS06-049) applied.
>>>
>>> If you are using Windows 2000 (any flavor) and keeping it current with
>>> monthly security patches, you should IMMEDIATELY apply this patch to
>>> cure
>>> the error that was introduced in August's security update:
>>>
>>> Obtain the Windows2000-KB925308-x86-ENU.EXE package now.
>>>
>>> And, again, please inform anyone you know, who is using Windows 2000,
>>> about this critical issue.
>>>
>>>
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