Another workaround for WMF exploit
There are at least two other workarounds for the Windows Meta File (WMF) exploit that I’ve been looking into this afternoon. These from sunbelt blog.
First up…
2. Change file associations for WMF files.
An equally ugly fix (but perhaps preferable) is to do the following:
1. Go to My documents, Tools, Folder Options, File Types.
2. Change WMF Image to notepad and select always open with this.
Your WMF files will open in Notepad. Ugly, but it is a fix.
The other solution is….
3. Run IESPYAD.
IESpyad is a free tool that puts block lists into IE’s restricted sites zone. It’s managed by Eric Howes, who works as a consultant for Sunbelt. We regularly update him with the latest URLs. Click here.
(Note that Eric is currently out of town so I’m not sure it’s being updated as frequently.)
Of course, the first solution/workaround was to unregister the dll that reads WMF files… (among other images)… REGSVR32 /U SHIMGVW.DLL from the command line (or start…run…)
Popularity: 1% [?]
Related Posts - How to Remove ShieldSafeness | ShieldSafeness Removal Guide The Wini family of rogue antivirus software has given us yet another version in the last couple days... ShieldSafeness. This is quick on the heels of SoftStronghold (softstronghold removal guide) and succeeds the following variants in this prolific family.... Softveteran (see the softveteran removal guide) but.... SoftCop (see the SoftCop......
- MS05-053 Microsoft Windows Image Viewing Vulnerability Two notes on the Windows vulnerability patched day before yesterday. There is a trojan in the wild exploiting it and Symantec's AV definition to detect such an exploit is a bit too paranoid and flags lot's of emf files as having an exploit for the same. The workaround is to......
- Windows cleanmgr takes too long at compress old files Here's a quick fix for Windows 2000 and XP when using cleanmgr to clean out temporary files. I've run across many systems that it just freezes (or takes way too long) calculating space saved by compressing old files, or hangs just saying "compress old files". Well, here's one way to......
Related Websites - External Hard Drive Recovery Strategies There are many ways that can be done right before a external hard drive recovery has to be performed. Recovery software installation on the internal drive is necessary to retrieve lost data from an external hard drive . It is significant to guarantee that the used software will operate......
- Raising women to be leaders Raising women to be leaders, an article by Carol Hymowitz, in the Jan 12, 2007 WSJ, features the four Sullivan sisters: Denise Sullivan, president of Campbell, USA; Maggie Sullivan Wildrotter, CEO of Citizens Communication; Colleen Bastkowski, regional vp at Expedia; and Andrea Doelling, former senior vp at AT&T Wireless. This......
- File Sharing For You To Benefit From File sharing is the activity which is common for many people from all over the world. Those who deal with the World Wide Web for any reason will face the necessity to learn something about file sharing sooner or later. Correspondingly, it would be wise to spend some time looking......
Similar Posts
- Public CWSandbox (es)…
- Workaround for the critical WMF zero-day exploit
- Simple Backup
- Grisoft AVG Antivirus and other antivirus alternatives
- Version 2 of the WMF exploit vs Windows 98 SE