All Forumers please update your Windows XP now!

• Hydro

  6 Jan 06, 11:46

  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-001.mspx
  
  Please download the update, patch your system and live happily ever after.
  
  
  
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• TehJarVu

  6 Jan 06, 11:53

  xp got auto-update one what? why always got threads asking ppl to update their xp?
• DriftingGuy

  6 Jan 06, 11:57

  
  I turned off auto update as it spoils my gaming experience
• mrsmall

  6 Jan 06, 12:05

  i agree manual update is recommandable
• Xcert

  6 Jan 06, 12:27

  for the legal XP version....I set it to autoupdate and I press on the update shortcut once in a while...
  
  for the friendly XP version...I dun update...maybe I should be more hardworking and try the manual updates...
  
  
  anyone knows how to solve the validation problem for those using the friendly CD Keys?
• chanff8

  6 Jan 06, 18:58

  FINALLY, they released a patch for it... I've posted a thread about this a few days ago...
• lpx88

  6 Jan 06, 19:48

  Originally posted by DriftingGuy:

  I turned off auto update as it spoils my gaming experience

  exactly
• lpx88

  6 Jan 06, 19:48

  Originally posted by chanff8:

  FINALLY, they released a patch for it... I've posted a thread about this a few days ago...

  if i used the link u gave do i still need the update?
• Lord Nuclear

  6 Jan 06, 19:52

  wah lang, i very jealous leh, got win 98 update or not?
• Luc85

  6 Jan 06, 20:20

  Originally posted by Xcert:

  for the legal XP version....I set it to autoupdate and I press on the update shortcut once in a while...
  
  for the friendly XP version...I dun update...maybe I should be more hardworking and try the manual updates...
  
  
  anyone knows how to solve the validation problem for those using the friendly CD Keys?

  some crack file?
• chanff8

  6 Jan 06, 20:56

  Originally posted by lpx88:

  if i used the link u gave do i still need the update?

  Uninstall the unofficial patch and use this official Microsoft's patch
• Bryan92

  6 Jan 06, 21:14

  This patch solve what?My auto update just install it.
• ditzy

  6 Jan 06, 21:20

  Originally posted by Bryan92:

  This patch solve what?My auto update just install it.

  It lets me hack into your comp with ease after I obtain your IP from the reply above.
• chanff8

  6 Jan 06, 21:24

  Originally posted by Bryan92:

  This patch solve what?My auto update just install it.

  What might an attacker use the vulnerability to do?
  An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of the affected system. In a Web-based attack scenario, an attacker would host a Web site that exploits this vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit a malicious Web site. Instead, an attacker would have to persuade them to visit the Web site, typically by getting them to click a link that takes them to the attacker's site. It could also be possible to display specially crafted Web content by using banner advertisements or by using other methods to deliver Web content to affected systems.
  
  If I block .wmf files by extension, can this protect me against attempts to exploit this vulnerability?
  No. Because the Graphics Rendering Engine determines file type by means other than just looking at the file extensions, it is possible for WMF files with changed extensions to still be rendered in a way that could exploit the vulnerability.
  
  Check out how a virus made use of this vulnerability to infect a pc...
• Bryan92

  6 Jan 06, 22:22

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  It lets me hack into your comp with ease after I obtain your IP from the reply above.

  Try obtaining it.That one is the starhub IP.
• Xcert

  6 Jan 06, 22:27

  Originally posted by Luc85:

  some crack file?

  do U have that crack file?
• ^tamago^

  6 Jan 06, 22:44

  
  
  time to switch.