Re: JPEG Virus Now in the Wild

From: David H. Lipman (DLipman~nospam~_at_Verizon.Net)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:48:16 -0400

Patch ? --> Patches !

There is one for the; OS, one for MS Office, one for Picture It, one for Visio, etc...

Dave

"BeamGuy" <no@spam.com> wrote in message news:%23vioOTYpEHA.324@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
| I installed the microsoft patch on three systems.
| Two systems were left with unpatched version of the JPEG redering software.
|
| Should I predict mayhem? If microsoft cannot even figure out how to make
| a patch that fixes the issue - yes.
|
|
| "Brian" <reply2me@thenewsgroup> wrote in message
news:eyKV%23uXpEHA.3896@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| > "Tom Pepper Willett" <tompepper@mvps.org> wrote
| > > For the first time ever, a JPEG virus in now in the wild. This is the
| > > problem that everyone had been dreading for years. It is now possible for
| > > a machine that is behind an extremely secure firewall to receive a virus
| > > simply by going to a website (even some legitimate websites, such as
| > eBay),
| > > or previewing an E-mail.
| >
| > This is no different than any other new virus. The way to fight it is to
| > keep your patches and AV up to date. Read here before anyone panics:
| >
| > http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm?id=95&page=3
| >
| > Brian
| >
| >
|
|

Relevant Pages

  • 9_Recommended error codes (specifically return code 5)
    ... * "return code 2" indicates patches are already installed. ... * "return code 25" means a patches requires another patch that is not yet installed. ... With or without using the save option, the patch installation process ... Installing 114008-01... ...
    (SunManagers)
  • Re: [PATCH] ext4: memory leakage in ext4_mb_init()
    ... one of the important parts of a patch is that the patcher ... If you are not able to deal with all patches received, ... stock kernel, is buggy, and end users have to face panic. ... Ext4 is actually quite stable at this point. ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: This is [Re:] How to improve the quality of the kernel[?].
    ... The -mm kernel already implements what your proposed PTS would do. ... If patch have no TS ID, ... Thus i can apply for example lguest patches and implement and test new ... How many open source projects use Bugzilla and how many use the Debian BTS? ...
    (Linux-Kernel)
  • Re: ATTACK of the WEEK-fentanyl patches
    ... FDA warns of deaths from fentanyl patch ... Some of the deaths came after doctors prescribed the patches to the ... The drug is only for chronic pain in people used to narcotics, ...
    (alt.support.chronic-pain)
  • Tru64 and OpenVMS patch announcements change after next month
    ... distribution of various patches ... OpenVMS systems with DCE and/or RPC installed. ... Update on OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX Patches in HP ITRC ... Tru64 patch server will soon be shutdown. ...
    (Bugtraq)