New IM Worm Exploiting WMF Vulnerability

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New IM Worm Exploiting WMF Vulnerability

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday January 1, 2006 @05:50AM from the happy-new-years-windows-users dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After less than a four days after original mailing list posting there are reports about a new Instant Messaging worm exploiting unpatched Windows Metafile vulnerability. This worm is using MSN to spread, reports Viruslist.com."

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Re:How do I avoid it? Fixes? by hahafaha · 2006-01-01 05:54 · Score: 2, Funny

Perhaps the reason they posted it on Slashdot was that they were hoping that one of the thousands of programmers there would be able to fix it. ;-)
Happy New Year! by Pedals · 2006-01-01 05:56 · Score: 4, Funny

Well that didn't take long.
Re:How do I avoid it? Fixes? by Ruff_ilb · 2006-01-01 05:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Perhaps the reason they posted it on Slashdot was that they were hoping that one of the thousands of programmers there wrote it. ;-)

Fixed ;)

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Re:How do I avoid it? Fixes? by Lehk228 · 2006-01-01 05:59 · Score: 5, Funny

use gaim, the image support is terrible you will be safe

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What you gonna do, internet..... by Channard · 2006-01-01 06:15 · Score: 3, Funny

... when Hulkamania runs wild on you? Oh, wait, WMF. Never mind.
Ah, Slashdot... by SheeEttin · 2006-01-01 06:30 · Score: 4, Funny

Ah, Slashdot... where the first post is modded "redundant".
Re:How do I avoid it? Fixes? by cortana · 2006-01-01 06:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Remove gdi32.dll until your vendor sees fit to provide you with a fix.
Re:Can't think with a hang-over by ettlz · 2006-01-01 07:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Seven Sony rootkits,
Six keystroke loggers,
Five porn diallers!
Four Exploit.WMFs,
Three Mytobs,
Two Bifrose-Ds,
And a homepage stuck on goatse.
Adding the other days and some emphasis... by game+kid · 2006-01-01 07:41 · Score: 5, Funny

Twelve IRC bots spying,
Eleven worms-a-wriggling,
Ten Paypal phishes,
Nine ActiveX holes,
Eight Blaster variants,
Seven Sony rootkits,
Six keystroke loggers,
Five porn diallers!
Four Exploit.WMFs,
Three Mytobs,
Two Bifrose-Ds,
And a homepage stuck on goatse.

(You, ettlz, rock.)

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