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If you patched your system with the ANI patch from Microsoft, it may break certain drivers such as the Networking & Audio ones from Realtek. If you have this particular problem checkout this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448 (I guess if your network adapter is down, chances are … “ANI has been patched, but bugs are known and workarounds are available”
Read MoreThis update is outside Microsoft’s standard security update cycle thus clearly sends a message of the seriousness of these issues. Customer using Windows should do Windows Update and/or read this article http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-017.mspx where you can find more information about the patches available. This KB article … “Microsoft releases patches for several GDI vulnerabilities including the new ANI vulnerability”
Read MoreMicrosoft hasn’t released the patch, yet. So, if you are concerned about this exploitation, there’s a temporary patch available from eEYE which can fix the issue until Microsoft releases an official patch. Please test these files before using in production environment. Thie eEye patch should … “eEye Releases Temporary Patch for Windows .ANI Exploit”
Read MoreIf you’re like me, who do presentations to customers etc and would like to do at the comfort of your office space, then try http://www.vyew.com/. I’ve used it several times thought I’d share it this time around. It is a free (and has a commercial) … “Free Web Conferencing Solution”
Read MoreInteresting, ISS Raised It’s threatcon (alertcon, what have you) to 2. This is due to the .ANI exploitation code and trojan out there. Do read the articles i’ve posted for prevention and workarounds. Do take this seriously, alert customers, friends and grandma!
Read MoreHey if you run ISA Server 2004 or higher, come on, make use of its HTTP filter. You don’t need expensive software to block almost anything that “rides” inside the HTTP protocol without you knowing it. Even HTTPS session can be re-established by ISA so … “Unleashing ISA’s HTTP Filter Demon”
Read MoreI sprayed coffee out of my nose reading these two new services Google’s offering (well, one actually , TiSP) Apparently, Google is providing free Internet from your toilet, called TiSP (probably stands for Toilet Internet Service Provider) and Gmail Paper which is a service to … “Gmail Paper and Google TiSP – Are these April Fool Jokes?”
Read MoreWas doing some reading online and found this little piece of code to remove blogger.com’s top navigation bar (or called navbar). Login to your blog. Go to template, find, Edit HTML. In there, copy and paste these codes between the head and variables section in … “Nasty Piece of Code”
Read MoreWith the introduction of Exchange 2007, there’s been a lot of upselling of ISA Server. Don’t get me wrong, ISA 2006 is an awsome firewall, it’s rock solid. So the question now exist, i’ve got my superb Exchange 2007 now in my internal network and … “Where Do I Place My ISA and DMZ?”
Read MoreThere’s a new exploit of Windows without a patch (yet). The vulnerability is in the .ani file extension used for animated cursors in Windows. The exploit allows attackers to run code and potentially take ownership of your computer. Most antivirus should have already been updated … “Windows .ANI File – Zero Day Exploit”
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