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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
My understanding is that this vulnerability is in WMF graphics, which are an oddball format that only Winblows supports. Turn off WMF support.

That won't protect you -- Windows recognizes any file with a certain header within the file as a WMF and processes it accordingly even if the file name doesn't end in ".WMF".

199 posted on 01/03/2006 4:30:56 PM PST by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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OK, so I ran the fix from hexblog and rebooted.

But when I ran their detection tool afterwards, I still got the bad news.

"Your system is vulnerable to WMF exploits".


200 posted on 01/04/2006 4:54:33 AM PST by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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OK, so I ran the fix from hexblog and rebooted.

But when I ran their detection tool afterwards, I still got the bad news.

"Your system is vulnerable to WMF exploits".


201 posted on 01/04/2006 4:56:35 AM PST by Westbrook (Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it!)
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