[THIN] Re: Alert: Zero day exploit...I suggest you do this workaround if you have a Windows 2003 server!

Thanks for the info!

 

Matthew Shrewsbury, MCSE+Internet MCSE 2000 CCA Server+

Senior Network Administrator

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Subject: [THIN] Re: Alert: Zero day exploit...I suggest you do this
workaround if you have a Windows 2003 server!

 

More on this from Larry Seltzer...

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1906513,00.asp

 



----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com <
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 8:20:39 AM
Subject: Re: Alert: Zero day exploit...I suggest you do this workaround
if you have a Windows 2003 server!

Microsoft's security advisory out on this attack:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx

JK

----- Original Message ----
From: Jim Kenzig http://ThinHelp.com
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:43:06 PM
Subject: [windows2000] Alert: Zero day exploit...I suggest you do this
workaround if you have a Windows 2003 server!

See

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1906210,00.asp

 

The workaround is:

A workaround called REGSVR32 has been posted and was included in
Microsoft's advisory. The workaround is as follows, as quoted from the
advisory: 

Un-register the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll) 

1. Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u
%windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the quotation marks), and then
click OK. 

2. A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has
succeeded. 

*  Click OK to close the dialog box. 

Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer
be started when users click on a link to an image type that is
associated with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. 

 

Jim Kenzig

http://thinhelp.com <http://thinhelp.com/>

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