OH F*CK read this it's important...

[julian2002]

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1759903

and

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/new-exploit-blows-by-fully-patched.html

that's nasty....

cheers


julian.

 

[penance]

Doesnt look new to me, i got that last year
Soon as i find a *nix replacement for photoshop, im outta here!

 

[jtc]

Penance, get a Mac - unix AND Photoshop, and no viruses/spyware!

 

[julian2002]

aparently it's a new exploit. similar to a previoius one but not the same.

 

[PBirkett]

Doesnt look new to me, i got that last year
Soon as i find a *nix replacement for photoshop, im outta here!

Have you tried GIMP? I use this (admittedly under windows, but it appears to be designed for Linux). I'm sure its not as good as photoshop, but it seems to be a fairly capable piece of software, nonetheless. I think its better than the (pirated) Paint Shop Pro that I used to use.

 

[nsherin]

I've just run Windows Update and it pulled down a patch - I think it may be the fix for the WMF vulnerabilty. This article indicates it could be: http://news.com.com/2061-10789_3-6020040.html

 

[amazingtrade]

I had that the other day, I fixed but I wondered where the hell it came from, now I know.

 

[garyi]

Yea this one is new over christmas, everyone was panicking because they had to wait for 'Black Tuesday' to get it fixed, it would appear MS have got round to it quicker.

Thanks god I am not on that treadmill.

 

[lordsummit]

I've had something wierd on my machine, so have now fixed it, bet it was one of those buggers.

 

[GTM]

Thanks for the update. I just downloaded and installed the patch.


GTM

 

[robert_cyrus]

patch available here
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-001.mspx

 

[lhatkins]

Doesnt look new to me, i got that last year
Soon as i find a *nix replacement for photoshop, im outta here!

You want GIMP, replacement for PS, I use it under Win xp at the mo, there is a project out there to make it look / work like photoshop, but that's just for the mac at the moment

Far as I can make out as long as you don't use IE to surf the web your fine, good old FireFox!

 

[nsherin]

Lee - it's called GIMPShop - also runs on Windows. I tried it a while back, but still preferred Photoshop, plus, I have a few Photoshop specific plug-ins that I use.

 

[lhatkins]

Lee - it's called GIMPShop - also runs on Windows. I tried it a while back, but still preferred Photoshop, plus, I have a few Photoshop specific plug-ins that I use.

Arr ya that's the one, didn't know you could get it for Windows.

Nice dIRE sTRAITS Brothers in Arms avactor there!

 

[nsherin]

Thanks

 

[Saab]

I have been posting on forums for 8 years,I have always run AV and anti-spyware,currently McAfee and Microsoft beta,I have never had a virus or any infected spyware.the only truly dodgy sites are those linked in forums.I can't see what all the fuss is about,'go and get a Mac' for example.Why? If simple security protects you? The people most stressed seem to be those with even greater degrees of protection,yet IT fools like me just happily live in peace with my PC.

 

[garyi]

Excellent well done Saab.

 

[lhatkins]

I have been posting on forums for 8 years,I have always run AV and anti-spyware,currently McAfee and Microsoft beta,I have never had a virus or any infected spyware.the only truly dodgy sites are those linked in forums.I can't see what all the fuss is about,'go and get a Mac' for example.Why? If simple security protects you? The people most stressed seem to be those with even greater degrees of protection,yet IT fools like me just happily live in peace with my PC.

hehe, never tempt fait Saab, I expect to see a post next week from you saying "I've got a virus wot do i do!" hehe I've started to receive viruses via email again, thankfully Thurderbird deals with them without me having to worry about them, I don't worry about this sort of thing either, cos I don't leave myself open to the expolits by using dodgy software or visiting "those" sites!