Serious Major Security Problem in Windows

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/48934/windowspaulthurrott_48934.html' target='_blank'>http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowspaulthurrott/Article/ArticleID/48934/windowspaulthurrott_48934.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"...Late last week, the company was confronted by news that a newly discovered vulnerability in the Windows Metafile Format (WMF) image file format--a vulnerability that affects virtually every 32-bit Windows version ever made, including fully patched Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP systems--was both more serious than previously expected and already being exploited by malicious hackers. The software giant responded by saying that it would fix the problem by January 10, 2006, at the earliest, which is the date of its previously scheduled monthly security patch release for January. There's just one problem: This flaw is so serious that security experts now believe we can't wait that long."</i><br /><br />This is a serious problem folks. There is a third party patch out there that I have installed on 5 computers already that prevents the exploit for now. It is referenced in the above article and I got it from <a href="http://grc.com/default.htm">Gibson Research.</a> I have been using Gibson's site for years and totally trust what is there. Please take at look at this information and consider it.