marmite Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/15/ie...loit_goes_wild/ and http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#...advisory_979352 ... and the German government goes wild too ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8463516.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Good find. Lots of "spin management" going on. Bet its worse than anyone is letting on. Where is my tinfoil hat? Some info also at http://www.wired.com/threatlevel The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 Some info also at http://www.wired.com/threatlevel Good commentary on the sophistication of the Chinese attack. Malicious, but very clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 This means "Update to Windows 7 / Vista and IE8", right ? Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 This means "Update to Windows 7 / Vista and IE8", right ? It's actually gonna be to IE I believe; 6, 7 and 8 are affected though by default 8 has better protection (with DEP enabled by default). Check out Microsoft's mitigation suggestions if you want to check/tweak your own configuration ... http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...ory/979352.mspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted January 18, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 18, 2010 This means "Update to Windows 7 After trying out Windows 7 in a computer store over the weekend I absolutely and completely fell in love with that OS, so much it was hard to come home and use XP Pro. Now just need a new PC that can run Windows 7 really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 18, 2010 Author Share Posted January 18, 2010 This means "Update to Windows 7 / Vista and IE8", right ? Ah! I see what you mean now after Andavari's post I think the main point from an MS point of view is to upgrade to IE8 as far as that vuln. is concerned. But that aside I'm looking forward to getting my hands on W7 ... like Andavari I want a new PC first though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aethec Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Win7 can run on a P2 with 64 MB of RAM - it should be fine on your current PC Piriform French translator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted January 18, 2010 Share Posted January 18, 2010 Thanks for sharing that, Andavari. Your opinion is worth a lot...but... may cost me money. The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators hazelnut Posted January 19, 2010 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2010 More info http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010...january-18.aspx Support contact https://support.ccleaner.com/s/contact-form?language=en_US&form=general or support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasgandy Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 More info http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2010...january-18.aspx Believe it or NOT: here in Australia, the National news broadcasters this morning (radio, TV & Web) reporting on the MS IE browser / Google attacks finishes up by stating that the "Federal Government suggests business and home computer users use another browser for a while until MS comes up with an answer to the reported problem." end quote. This is true folks, you GOTTA wonder!! Always With Kind RegardsTasgandy"one is never too old to listen & learn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 Following the Germans there then. If the government of either country were to bother to issue guidelines to "surf safely and securely" and "don't engage in illegal p2p activities" (the source of many users' problems from picking up infected files) it would be far more constructive. If the population bothered to follow that advice then it would save far more grief than just changing browser for a week or two 'cos someone's found an exploit that 'may' be on one or two out of the zillions of websites out there. IMHO advice issued by those governments to home users is tantamount to scaremongering. I guess I can see more of a case for businesses being more alert because it's targeted emails that seems to have caught company employees unawares in the 'Chinese assault'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 And now MS tries to turn it into an 'opportunity' ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/19/mi...rity_nightmare/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Microsoft to issue emergency patch (date not yet known) ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/19/mi...mergency_patch/ Meanwhile Opera and Firefox get more trade ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/20/op...st_ie_warnings/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 what...opera releasing "new" pre-alpha's...does it sound good?.. firefox i think is planning to drop 3.5.7..and i think tomorrow they're releasing a new 3.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Well I'm still happily plugging away with IE ... and I don't think it'll be long before we see a patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Wow ... I wasn't thinking quite this quickly! ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/20/mi...ency_ie_update/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted January 21, 2010 Share Posted January 21, 2010 Microsoft has a fix - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8469632.stm I bet that's put a sock in the whole Internet Explorer is better and more secure than Firefox argument Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 21, 2010 Author Share Posted January 21, 2010 I'm surprised they got it out so quickly though ... think they were feeling the backlash. Old Microsoft joke ... A pilot is flying a small, single-engine, charter plane with a couple of really important executives on board into Seattle airport. There is fog so thick that visibility is 40 feet, and his instruments are out. He circles looking for a landmark and after an hour, he is low on fuel and his passengers are very nervous. At last, through a small opening in the fog he sees a tall building with one guy working alone on the fifth floor. Circling, the pilot banks and shouts through his open window: "Hey, where am I?". The solitary office worker replies: "You're in an airplane.". The pilot immediately executes a swift 275 degree turn and executes a perfect blind landing on the airport's runway five miles away. Just as the plane stops, the engines cough and die from lack of fuel. The stunned passengers ask the pilot how he did it. "Elementary," replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a simple question. The answer he gave me was 100% correct but absolutely useless; therefore, I knew that must be Microsoft's support office and from there the airport is three minutes away on a course of 87 degrees." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 No wonder the patch came out so quickly ... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/22/au...t_known_months/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
login123 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Old Microsoft joke ... That plane would have run out of gas before the answer was finished. E.G.: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875352 More on the scope of the vulnerability: at ComputerWorld and another ComputerWorld The CCleaner SLIM version is always released a bit after any new version; when it is it will be HERE :-) Pssssst: ... It isn't really a cloud. Its a bunch of big, giant servers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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