New Vulnarability in Windows XP

[netfreak]

A zero-day exploit affecting fully-patched Windows installations is afoot. Merely viewing a malicious WMF image on the PC will install various nasties to your PC.

Block image adverts in FF/Opera/IE NOW!!!!!!!!

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16074/info

Also see

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16074/exploit

and

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16074/solution

 

[Sushubh]

or maybe stick to good sites... but ads are managed by third party ad servers so it sucks anyways.

 

[netfreak]

Some more info.

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/ne...ly-patched.html

 

[netfreak]

Originally posted by Sushubh@Dec 28 2005, 11:43 PM
ads are managed by third party ad servers so it sucks anyways.
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That makes it scarier. Any virus writer can pay to get his/her image displayed in millions of PCs.

FF has a setting for "Load images from originating web sites only". Is it possible to do something similar in IE or Opera?

 

[St0le]

any1 know how to make opera to "not show images" and remeber it?i have to do it again every time i start the application? help "Cult of the opera L0sers" (oops USERS!)

 

[prathapml]

To both of the above posts:Yeah, opera DOES have that setting, did you look into its settings at all?Tools >> Preferences

 

[netfreak]

Care to post complete path or screenshot of the setting?I have 8.5 and this is what I see. Am I looking at wrong place?View attachment 355

 

[netfreak]

Update: beehappyy.biz is being implicated in the currently ongoing WMF 0-day exploit mania. And guess what beehappyy.biz resolves to ? 195.225.176.38 - Kiev, Ukraine. Null-Routing, anyone?

 

[max]

heh. So SP2 isn't the silver bullet

 

[netfreak]

Patch from a US Govt dept is available. Patch is open source.

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1010