New Virus out!!!

[LV-8]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/03/technology/windows_virusthreat/index.htm?cnn=yes

[palmer]

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oh well isn't that sweet.

[peloquin]

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sweet, if anyone finds out where to download it, let me know so i can get it!

[daveman]

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pelo, you will need about 50 posts on the [virusserver] to download.

[peloquin]

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shitfuckdamn

[daveman]

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oh come on pelo, your average posts per day here is about 50. you'll have that virus in no time.

[peloquin]

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9.34 fucker... that will take 5.3533190578158458244111349036403 days

[picklemonkey]

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you aint cool unless you hit over 10

[daveman]

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you aint cool unless you hit over 10

yeah, take it from the spam king. .

you better watch out pickle. pelo and asdf are tag spamming and biting at the heels of your title.

[peloquin]

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thats a lie, asdf and i havent tagged since we lost the tag team championship to the hart foundation in '91 and decided to focus on our solo careers. dont believe a word daveman says. ever. about anything.

[daveman]

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got nothing but love for you guys, you make me laugh.




















^^^ well, don't believe this one. pelo doesn't make me laugh.

[picklemonkey]

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wonder if this is the same thing sanchez and me got infected with

[influx]

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here's some more article's on it...

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6018696.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6018377.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed

another thing that doesn't help the problem is that microsoft won't release an official fix until next tuesday (mind you this was discovered since before the new year i believe) and has caused an uproar. security experts are advising people download and install a temporary patch (download it here) until the official patch is released by microsoft on tuesday.

AND... supposedly tomorrow 76 variants of the "Sober" virus are supposed to go active and cause chaos. antivirus and security companies advise to make sure your virus definitions are up to date.

[Funky Dredd]

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Here is the fix to do it manually if anyone is interested.

?Un-register the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll) on Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Microsoft has tested the following workaround. While this workaround will not correct the underlying vulnerability, it helps block known attack vectors. When a workaround reduces functionality, it is identified in the following section.
Note The following steps require Administrative privileges. It is recommended that the machine be restarted after applying this workaround. It is also possible to log out and log back in after applying the workaround. However, the recommendation is to restart the machine.
To un-register Shimgvw.dll, follow these steps:
1.
Click Start, click Run, type "regsvr32 -u %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.
2.
A dialog box appears to confirm that the un-registration process has succeeded. Click OK to close the dialog box.
Impact of Workaround: The Windows Picture and Fax Viewer will no longer be started when users click on a link to an image type that is associated with the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.
To undo this change, re-register Shimgvw.dll by following the above steps. Replace the text in Step 1 with ?regsvr32 %windir%\system32\shimgvw.dll? (without the quotation marks).

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx

[nifta]

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this article links to an unofficial fix for it.. MS won't have a proper patch out until next week, i think.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php?p=144