Dreaded KB977165 Patch
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From: Geoff on 15 Feb 2010 12:26 On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:44:34 GMT, sfdavidkaye2(a)yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote: >The next problem I ran into was that the Toshiba netbook has some weird kind >of screw like a 6-sided Phillips screw. Neither I nor my housemate (who has a >wide collection of tools) had anything that would fit those screws. I just >gave up and told him to contact Toshiba. If it looks like Phillips but has little cuts between the 4 slots it's a Pozidrive bit. Looks like a Phillips but has a lower draft angle so it won't cam out as easily. If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit.
From: MEB on 15 Feb 2010 14:31 On 02/15/2010 04:38 AM, David Kaye wrote: > "The Real Truth MVP" <trt(a)void.com> wrote: > >> The Malicious Removal Tool does detect and remove Win32/Alureon family, that >> Peter Foldes troll does not check his facts before he posts. MS is not 100% >> sure why the patch has caused crashing but a common finding is that Trojan. >> They are still investigating. Give them some time there are many factors to >> look at. > > My feeling is that given the hundreds of different kinds of motherboards, > dozens of kinds of memory, video cards, audio cards, resulting in hundreds of > thousands of combinations -- it's a wonder that Windows works at all. > Along those lines; Windows STILL isn't working all that well. These are the apparent vulnerabilities un-addressed and/or left/found directly after the massed patches last Tuesday and/or as otherwise shown. http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB10-046.html (see prior week summaries for other factors) Compare with: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-015 - Important Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (977165) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-015.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/security/updates/bulletins/ Security updates - Updated: July 14, 2009 http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/default.mspx Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2010 Published: February 09, 2010 - Updated: February 10, 2010 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-feb.mspx As for the BSoD, one must keep in mind that the "major" changes made with this massed patching were kernel related, a deep change in the basic functioning of Windows 086 coding, AND the core functioning of several parts of applications or the OS extensions. Yes, perhaps Microsoft should have tested deeper and longer, but the issues being addressed are/were essential to the CORE functioning of Windows NT operating systems which existed for several versions of OSs [the 17 year old vulnerability], one of which is the 16bit coding vulnerability [ex., backwards compatibility] which so many Windows users *have DEMANDED* Microsoft continue. This isn't the first time a Microsoft patch BSoDed one of its OSs, nor will it be the last. The hardware CAN be part of the update issue, as well as individuals' settings, and/or other found within the individuals' computer such as the applications which might be installed, in ADDITION to the malware that might be involved. One factor that many Windows users are conveniently overlooking is the apparent FACT that their systems MAY have been or DO have severe malware/hack issues, which either their AV did NOT protect them from or advise them of, or which came, perhaps, with their pirated software or otherwise became installed. OBVIOUSLY, Microsoft would not include this malware in its legitimate distributions so the users should look more towards their own activities. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___---
From: David Kaye on 15 Feb 2010 15:54 Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit. Doesn't fit any Torx wrenches we have.
From: Eric Allen on 15 Feb 2010 16:02 David Kaye wrote: > Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: > >> If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit. > > Doesn't fit any Torx wrenches we have. > sounds like a security star driver -- -- Eric
From: MEB on 15 Feb 2010 16:16
On 02/15/2010 04:02 PM, Eric Allen wrote: > David Kaye wrote: >> Geoff <geoff(a)invalid.invalid> wrote: >> >>> If it has 6 equal slots, it's probably a Torx bit. >> >> Doesn't fit any Torx wrenches we have. >> > sounds like a security star driver > Might be. Some may also have long and short sides [not equal] to defeat normal tools, or a middle "post" to preclude insertion of what would be the normal tool [security torx or star generally]. -- MEB |