Junkieman Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I was wondering, having just read the security threat warning about programs piggybacking on image files, if i was to turn off image display through internet explorer's options, would that prevent me getting infected by anything taking advantage of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Not really. You can also be infected by downloding the file by accident or it being disguised as something else. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 I was wondering, having just read the security threat warning about programs piggybacking on image files, if i was to turn off image display through internet explorer's options, would that prevent me getting infected by anything taking advantage of this? it might help but its no real solution just get the patch from http://www.grc.com The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosgone Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 just get the patch from http://www.grc.com That's what I did. Ilfak Guilfanov, developer of "The Patch" for temporarily protecting Windows users from exploitation of the WMF vulnerability, while we wait 10 days for Microsoft's official security update... Ilfak Guilfanov's original "HexBlog" web site was administratively suspended due to excessive use. (Yeah, no kidding!) He has moved his site and changed its IP address. However, a day or two may be required before Ilfak's new site is accessible under its old name (http://www.hexblog.com/). GRC is an officially sanctioned host for Ilfak's files, which you may retrieve directly from the GRC server... http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm http://www.chaosgone.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkieman Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 I feel I'd rather wait for the official microsoft patch to come out on their site first, call me silly like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I feel I'd rather wait for the official microsoft patch to come out on their site first, call me silly like that. Have you at least followed the instuctions from Microsoft as a temporary disable? Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I feel I'd rather wait for the official microsoft patch to come out on their site first, call me silly like that. Have you at least followed the instuctions from Microsoft as a temporary disable? they don't protect you 100% there is still infection routes The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkieman Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 I couldnt find the instructions from microsoft, looked all around that security alert in announcements, but it looked like it was all just information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coltm4carbine Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 hi, heres the instructions to unregister the dll. Un-register the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll) on Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will not correct the underlying vulnerability, it helps block known attack vectors. When a workaround reduces functionality, it is identified in the following section. Note The following steps require Administrative privileges. It is recommended that the machine be restarted after applying this workaround. It is also possible to log out and log back in after applying the workaround. However, the recommendation is to restart the machine. Note This workaround does not protect against specially crafted Windows Metafile (WMF) images embedded within Office documents. To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps: 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. After a security update has been released and deployed, you can undo this change and re-register Shimgvw.dll by following the above steps. Replace the text in Step 1 with ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬Åregsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dllÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâà Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkieman Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Thanks for that colt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 UPDATE!!! My computer just rebooted a few minutes ago.. i did not know why.. i checked my event viewer... nothing cept something was holding onto the registery i checked my windows update AND ITS THERE the official patch is now available EVERYONE HEAD IN WINDOWS EXPLORER TO http://update.microsoft.com Firefox users head to http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/ for updates without the worst browser in the world (they should be working fine) The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fullmetaboy Posted January 7, 2006 Share Posted January 7, 2006 I was wondering, having just read the security threat warning about programs piggybacking on image files, if i was to turn off image display through internet explorer's options, would that prevent me getting infected by anything taking advantage of this? Your using Internet Explorer and you want to talk about security.... DUDE?! get mozilla so you have some control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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