If you want to do one better make sure to run ccleaner after deleting any registry key to nuke any registry keys that may have been relying on it. Run ccleaner 2-3 times and you'll save yourself from a world of hurt.
Geoff Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. -----Original Message----- From: Nick FitzGerald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:15:57 To:[EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] iDefense Security Advisory 10.09.07: Microsoft Windows Mail and Outlook Express NNTP Protocol Heap Overflow iDefense Labs wrote: <<...>> > V. WORKAROUND > > Deleting the all sub-keys of the following registry keys will remove the > 'news' and 'snews' protocol handlers: > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\news\shell > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\snews\shell If you want to do a thorough job of such mitigation as a Q&D fix, you may also need to nuke the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\nntp\shell entry. I can't easily test the viability of exploiting this via an nntp:// URI just now, but "nntp" is normally registered (at least with OE -- can someone check for Windows Mail?) with exactly the same sub-keys and values as the "news" and "snews" URI handlers... Regards, Nick FitzGerald _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
