[windows2000] Re: Article
- From: "Greg Reese" <GReese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:15:53 -0400
true. I think it is easy for people like you, me, and the others on this =
list, but I think of people like my dad who barely knows how to turn a =
computer on. He wants to email his buddies and research stuff on the =
web and this kind of stuff will bite people like him. =20
Then there are the ads that look like the Automatic Updates balloon =
telling you new updates must be loaded. One malformed url in one of =
those...
I do admit, the register tends to get a little too worked up on things.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kenzig [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 12:10 PM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Re: Article
XP SP 1 Fixes it but there is also a patch.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=3Dkb;en-us;Q328940
I wouldn't get too worked up about it as they have. It is not like I
couldn't write a page that would do it in any OS.
Just have to be careful where you surf and keep a good backup...that is =
the
only way to prevent this sort of vulnerability.
JK
http://thethin.net
-----Original Message-----
From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Greg Reese
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 11:37 AM
To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [windows2000] Article
I found this at the Register's US site. I know many of you don't care =
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for the register but it is an interesting article anyway. It deals with =
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a exploit in Windows XP that could cause an entire hardrive to be wiped =
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clean. Sounds rather scary to me.
Greg
>From The Register US:
http://www.theregus.com/content/4/26272.html
Win-XP Help Center request wipes your HD=3D20
By Thomas C Greene in Washington <mailto:tcgreene@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>=3D20
Posted: 09/11/2002 at 08:28 EST
A malicious Win-XP Help Center request can easily and silently delete =
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the contents of any directory on your Windows machine, we've learned. =
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Worse, MS has rolled the fix silently into SP1 without making a public =
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announcement. A good sketch of the problem in English, along with a =3D
harmless self-test, can be found here =3D
<http://24.78.2.184/helpcenter.htm>, thanks to Mike at =3D
http://unity.skankhouse.org, who did some tinkering after noticing a tip =
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on a BBS.=3D20
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