W00T!!! Yay Microshit!!!
(Well Cliff said to make a post eventually so hush!)
Just one more reason I'll be ditching the Windows OS/Platform (in favor of a Mac or Linux box). Just a quick thing to do if your an XP user reading this...MS has finally admitted to yet *drum-roll* (suspense killing anyone??? Anyone??? Fine then!!! =P ). Another security hole. They have however released another service pack (Yes!!! The groan!!!). But never fear...if your XP is hacked, pirated, or you’re like me and just know better than to jump on board of a new service pack within 2-3months of it's release there is a quick fix the patch the vulnerability. As for what the flaw is a little file called "uplddrvinfo.htm" What the file does is that it's a little file that’s supposed to be a "help file" (uhhh huhhhh.....I smell a backdoor myself). This will probably be a rather widely spread attack for quite a while since we all know allot of people are either A) Too Lazy B) Figure it'll never happen to them C) Just dumb...But anywich way if you fall into these or similar groups you probably don't have a viri scanner on your system unless it came with your prebuilt PC (and I hate you for sending Klez to me all the time!!!). The fix however is to just search for the "uplddrvinfo.htm" file and just rename it to whatever (uplddrvinfo.htm.old?) or even better delete it. either that or just download the WinXP service pack. *groan*
A little more info below.
The Screen Savers Story(Scroll down to Book Camp Tip)
Gibson Research Article (good site to pay attnetion to anyways)
(Well Cliff said to make a post eventually so hush!)
Just one more reason I'll be ditching the Windows OS/Platform (in favor of a Mac or Linux box). Just a quick thing to do if your an XP user reading this...MS has finally admitted to yet *drum-roll* (suspense killing anyone??? Anyone??? Fine then!!! =P ). Another security hole. They have however released another service pack (Yes!!! The groan!!!). But never fear...if your XP is hacked, pirated, or you’re like me and just know better than to jump on board of a new service pack within 2-3months of it's release there is a quick fix the patch the vulnerability. As for what the flaw is a little file called "uplddrvinfo.htm" What the file does is that it's a little file that’s supposed to be a "help file" (uhhh huhhhh.....I smell a backdoor myself). This will probably be a rather widely spread attack for quite a while since we all know allot of people are either A) Too Lazy B) Figure it'll never happen to them C) Just dumb...But anywich way if you fall into these or similar groups you probably don't have a viri scanner on your system unless it came with your prebuilt PC (and I hate you for sending Klez to me all the time!!!). The fix however is to just search for the "uplddrvinfo.htm" file and just rename it to whatever (uplddrvinfo.htm.old?) or even better delete it. either that or just download the WinXP service pack. *groan*
A little more info below.
The Screen Savers Story(Scroll down to Book Camp Tip)
Gibson Research Article (good site to pay attnetion to anyways)
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