important non football related announcement!

[bama_girl]

Microsoft has posted an advisory. The patch to protect your operating system from the security threat is scheduled to be released on January 10th.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/91...


In case you have not heard about this threat, it is a method of transmitting a virus to your computer from a picture on a web page.

i checked it out and it's not a hoax

[bama_girl]

sorry, all of my post didn't go thru. here's the first part


Report says a newly discovered flaw could expose hundreds of millions of Windows PCs to virus.

January 3, 2006: 3:42 PM EST


NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The new year is off to a rocky start at Microsoft, where security experts are scrambling to confront a potentially massive virus threat to Windows PCs.



According to a report Tuesday in the Financial Times, the latest vulnerability involves a flaw which allows hackers to infect computers using programs inserted into image files. The threat was discovered last week. But it mushroomed over the weekend, when a group of hackers published the source code they used to exploit the flaw.




What makes this threat particularly vicious, according to the Times, is that unwitting victims can infect their computers simply by viewing a web page, e-mail, or instant message that includes a contaminated image. That differs from most virus attacks, which require a user to actually download an infected file.


"The potential [security threat] is huge," Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, an antivirus company, told the Times. "It's probably bigger than for any other vulnerability we've seen.


"Any version of Windows is vulnerable right now," said Mr. Hypponen, including every Windows system shipped since 1990.


Microsoft said a security patch would be available for the problem on Tuesday, January 10 after it has passed rigorous testing procedures.

[mountainman]

Thanks bama-girl.

I a shame that someone with the talent and skills to create and spread these viruses does not put those talents and skills to better use.

[Guest]

that dern link is loopy, i think they already got me!!!

this one should work

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/securi ... 12840.mspx

[Guest]

so now i'm a guest?????

i told ya! they got me!!!!!!!!!!!!
aaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!

sincerely, bama-girl

[Spence]

Check to see if your logged in. Sometimes i'm not when I first get here.

[bama_girl]

i'm ok now. heehee! that's the first time that's happened to me

[Eric]

Cool, I'm logged in automatically every time I come in now to CFP!

[openSkies]

Good to hear that the log-in is working better now =]

And, just a word of warning, CFP doesn't condone the downloading of this link! Some Microsoft Updates (2.0 to be specific) actually screw up your computer even worse. Download it at your own risk. I highly suggest waiting to see if any bugs are reported.

I personally give MS Updates about a month and go to a tech site, such as CNET.com, and see if there are any errors reported with the update. If not, only then will I download it.

Thanks for the heads-up, Bama_Girl, I've fallen behind on my tech stuff because of the new board.

[Guest]

i normally leave them alone unless i have a problem, but a super smart techy friend of mine (who never gets excited about anything) alerted me to this one.

[Guest]

dangit!
why is it happening to me all of a sudden????


bama-girl

[openSkies]

Did you recently clear your Temporary Internet Files or delete your cookies?

Might be that. If not, the system is just being lame.

... I hope. =]

[bama_girl]

i ran all of my spyware systems earlier, one of them must have kicked something out and i didn't check the little box that keeps you signed in when i was here earlier! my bad!
i promise i'll try to calm down and stop posting so much goofy stuff in a few days

[bama_girl]

testing

[bama_girl]

yep that fixed it