My Ramblings and experiments

WMF Vulnerability Patch

Microsoft will be releasing the patch early. Site sez 5th of Jan 06

Important Information for Thursday 5 January 2006

Microsoft announced that it would release a security update to help protect customers from exploitations of a vulnerability in the Windows Meta File (WMF) area of code in the Windows operating system on Tuesday, January 2, 2006, in response to malicious and criminal attacks on computer users that were discovered last week.

Microsoft will release the update today on Thursday, January 5, 2006, earlier than planned.

Microsoft originally planned to release the update on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 as part of its regular monthly release of security bulletins, once testing for quality and application compatibility was complete. However, testing has been completed earlier than anticipated and the update is ready for release.

In addition, Microsoft is releasing the update early in response to strong customer sentiment that the release should be made available as soon as possible.

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TechCrunch » AllPeers Is The FireFox “Killer App”

TechCrunch » AllPeers Is The FireFox “Killer App”

AllPeers is a simple, persistent buddy list in the browser. Initially, interaction with those buddies will be limited to discovering and sharing files – If you choose to, you can share any file on your network with one or more of your friends. They will be able to see what files you choose to share (even getting an RSS feed of new files you include), and with a single click download it to their own hard drive.

A huge virus threat for every Windows PC ever made

Experts believe that this could be the biggest vulnerability that has ever surfaced for Windows PCs.
You can also find a workaround at http://www.grc.com under the Security Now Podcast section

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Windows XP Home Will Be Obsolete In Less Than A Year

If you use Windows XP Home Edition then you should start saving up for Windows Vista right now.
As of 31st December 2006 you will no longer receive Security updates for XP Home Edition.
If you use XP Pro or above you wont have to upgrade till 31st December 2011. Windows 2000 users wont have to upgrade till 30th June 2010.

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