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TheTreeSpyder
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i read a lot of stuff; get emails and several paid newsletters about computer junk. msPatches etc. come out regularly. But, this one is looking different; and i think should be given more attention. This patch is out of sequence, as it is being given high importance, and it is rare that i see as many immediate bulletins. This is being declared by ms as an emergency, critical update. Especially those without a firewall or those with firewall with printer sharing turned on. Vista does give more protection through the User Accounts Protection (thingy we were talking about risks of turning off lately) than xp for this. win2000, server2003 and all versions of xp are particularly vulnerable though. This is also one that if infected with a user carrying admin rights, there is more risk. The only user level privileges that allow kernel mode access anymore are drivers etc.; that this worx the path to kernel through. If infected, it might take an OSRI(operating system reinstall) to get right. This is a total wipeout of drive, and should even extend to any diagnostic or rebuild partitions that oem builders might include, then use the slower formatting, not quick format after deleting and remaking partitions on drive; or you might be wasting your time/ risking reinfection.
http://www.marctalkstech.com/october-update-2008.html
i've had several people still having problems with XPsp3. The best way i've found to handle trouble with this is to download, disconnect from everything (including network/internet), then run (service pack 3) without av etc. turned on. This gives better chance to finish the sp install, with less interferance from anti-virus, internet, printer or hub problems etc.
http://www.marctalkstech.com/october-update-2008.html
i've had several people still having problems with XPsp3. The best way i've found to handle trouble with this is to download, disconnect from everything (including network/internet), then run (service pack 3) without av etc. turned on. This gives better chance to finish the sp install, with less interferance from anti-virus, internet, printer or hub problems etc.