On 11/1/2011 1:00 PM, Dave Crozier wrote:
> Mike,
> You are such a cynic!
>
> Mind you, anyone who has been in programming and IT for any length of time
> seems to develop this trait.
When you consider the Microsoft track record, ... :-)
Now don't misread that as "hating on MS" -- I just got
No they are not limited to format exceptions and plenty of benign appearing
documents have wrought havoc but in many cases users should have known better.
Wait, that is a statement that I will have to reevaluate. :)
I'm concerned that there is more to see here, and it could be chalked up to
FUD
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On 11/1/2011 11:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
>> Hmmm...why does this make me think of FUD (like from DR-DOS days) and
>> Geuine Advantage and killbits and OpenOffice files wr
On 11/1/2011 11:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
>> Hmmm...why does this make me think of FUD (like from DR-DOS days) and
>> Geuine Advantage and killbits and OpenOffice files writing out MS Office
>> files?
>
>
> It's just an attempt to stop exploits that take advantage of malformed
> Office files. And O
> Hmmm...why does this make me think of FUD (like from DR-DOS days) and
> Geuine Advantage and killbits and OpenOffice files writing out MS Office
> files?
It's just an attempt to stop exploits that take advantage of malformed
Office files. And OpenOffice files seem at least as prone to this if
On Nov 1, 2011, at 8:42 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote:
> "Microsoft Office File Validation is a security add-in for Office 2003
> and 2007. Office File Validation is used to validate that Binary File
> Format files conform to the Microsoft Office File Format. The user will
> be notifie
"Microsoft Office File Validation is a security add-in for Office 2003
and 2007. Office File Validation is used to validate that Binary File
Format files conform to the Microsoft Office File Format. The user will
be notified of possible security risks if files fail to conform to the
format."
Hi Tracy
I don't have access to them as they are in Taipei but I think it was another
problem. Seems at the time she was updating the exe, windows decided to
reboot. So I think it's a bad download, but I won't know till the morning
Al
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Allen,
I've not had any troubles
Allen wrote on 2011-08-29:
> Hi Foxgang Does anyone know if there is a problem induced on the
> windows 7 professional due to a windows update, maybe on the 26th
> August ? Symptoms are windows crashes. Al
>
Allen,
I've not had any troubles with my systems. Is there anyth
Hi Foxgang
Does anyone know if there is a problem induced on the windows 7 professional
due to a windows update, maybe on the 26th August ? Symptoms are windows
crashes.
Al
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Hi Dave,
If AVG and Microsoft failed to spot it how did you find it and what did you
do to eliminate it?
John Weller
I left out "Add steve russel to email block list" :)
--- On Wed, 12/9/09, Stephen Russell wrote:
> From: Stephen Russell
> Subject: Re: [NF] Replacement for Windows Update?
> To: "ProFox Email List"
> Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 8:01 AM
> On Wed
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 3:33 AM, Michael Madigan wrote:
> Here's what I would do.
>
>
> 1. run ccleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/
>
> 2. Run spybot search and destroy
>
> http://download.cnet.com/Spybot-Search-amp-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html
>
> 3. run smitrem
>
> http://noahdfear.geek
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Peter Hart
wrote:
>
> This and a lot of other tools including the ones Michael mentioned are
> available on Hiren's Boot CD.
> This compilation allows you to boot up from the CD and repair Windows,
> Virus's Partition Problems and many more.
> http://www.hirensbo
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Here's what I would do.
1. run ccleaner at http://www.ccleaner.com/
2. Run spybot search and destroy
http://download.
Hi Dave,
If AVG and Microsoft failed to spot it how did you find it and what did you
do to eliminate it?
John Weller
01380 723235
07976 393631
>
> Joel,
> Sounds like a problem I had a while ago. The slowness in
> "identifying" the hardware was down to a Trojan I had picked
> up "Virtumonde
-- On Wed, 12/9/09, Joel N. Fischoff wrote:
> From: Joel N. Fischoff
> Subject: [NF] Replacement for Windows Update?
> To: profox@leafe.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 2:15 AM
> Heya,
>
> When I launch Windows Update in Internet Explorer, my
> machine slows
You could try Autopatcher:
http://www.autopatcher.com/
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k them up. Removing both of these
resulted in a scan time for updates of 2 minutes as opposed to 2 hours.
Dave Crozier
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Subject: [NF] Replacement for Windows Update?
Heya,
When I launch Windows Update in Internet Explorer, my machine slows to a
crawl. It also takes forever to 'scan' my computer - well over an hour.
Can anyone recommend a good replacement for Windows Update, to keep my
drivers/software
Heya,
When I launch Windows Update in Internet Explorer, my machine slows to a
crawl. It also takes forever to 'scan' my computer - well over an hour.
Can anyone recommend a good replacement for Windows Update, to keep my
drivers/software up-to-date? I'm running under XP Hom
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/968389
Thoughts on it? It's a "new feature" from MS.
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> I'm 100% sure that I had my Windows Update setting set to just notify me
> but don't download until I explicitly say so. I come to my laptop this
> morning and find that it
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:30:45 -0800, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> 2) Turn automatic updates off
>
> I think the issue is that the Windows Update components update
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Dave,
What address do they use for these updates?
Francis
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED
Alan Bourke wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:30:45 -0800, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>> 2) Turn automatic updates off
>
> I think the issue is that the Windows Update components update
> themselves even if Windows Update is off.
There's a
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:30:45 -0800, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 2) Turn automatic updates off
I think the issue is that the Windows Update components update
themselves even if Windows Update is off.
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Alan Bourke
state, don't EVER update
it
again until it is time to, say, upgrade the hardware.
Simple. You have a known system setup, and you aren't going to be woken up at
4am
when that early employee calls you because something Windows Update did screwed
up
something the user needs to do.
P
http://www.kevinscrate.com/blog/2007/08/17/stop-a-forced-reboot-after-a-windows-update/
Which doesn't answer the original question as to why it does it when you
told it not to, but will stop the reboot at least.
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Dave,
What address do they use for these updates?
Francis
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I agree
Michael,
+1. I have the same thing happen to me. EXTREMELY frustrating.
Malcolm
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I agree, having been bitten by this on numerous occasions. The only way I've
ever been able to successfully block Windows Update is to ban the address in
my firewall. One trend I've seen recently from Microsoft is that they are
"suggesting" you turn it on during installations o
I'm 100% sure that I had my Windows Update setting set to just notify me
but don't download until I explicitly say so. I come to my laptop this
morning and find that it's been rebooted and then a friendly "Your
computer was updated!" message appears. I go to check t
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>
> Thanks, that helped me realize that when I told Symantec Endpoint
> Protection
> to hide my browser and OS information, it didn't allow Windows Updates to
> know that I am running a PC and
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Harvey
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>
>
> I've run into issues that I could only resolve by removing all
>
Wohlrab
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> Subject: [NF] Windows Update thinks I am running Mac OS
>
>
> Just wondering if any of you have run into the issue where when you run
> windows update through Internet Explorer it returns the error
> listed
I've run into issues that I could only resolve by removing all the updates,
and reinstalling.
JH
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Wow that's weird. But it doesn't surprise me.
Here's something that might be related.
http://www.msfn.org/board/IE-isn-t-IE-t116927.html
--- On Sun, 7/20/08, Mike Wohlrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Mike Wohlrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [NF] W
Just wondering if any of you have run into the issue where when you run
windows update through Internet Explorer it returns the error listed below:
Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
This website is designed to work with Microsoft Windows
Jeff,
> I am by no means bashing IE, but I only use it for two
> things. That is
> accessing customer Intranets and Remote Desktop. I use
> Firefox by default
> because of this sort of thing. I originally went with
> Firefox because IE
> would not let me receive an office 2007 document from
> -Original Message-
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> On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:38 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [NF] HELP! Windows Update broke IE
>
> Jeff,
>
> > Kristyne: I n
Jeff,
> Kristyne: I noticed that after the update Zone Alarm was
> telling me that IE
> was trying to access the Internet. It also told me that it
> was "suspicious"
> because it could be tracking keystrokes or sending
> information over the
> Internet. You might want to look into your firew
> -Original Message-
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> On Behalf Of Kristyne McDaniel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:00 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [NF] HELP! Windows Update broke IE
>
> My browser is unable to connect to the
My browser is unable to connect to the internet after an update via Windows
update last night.
My recollection is that I should have been able to back out the update, but
I don't see that option anymore.
Can anyone tell me how to back out or repair the update from last night? I
only hav
On 6/20/07, Kevin Cully <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What happens if you aren't running Windows, but you are running a firewall?
Why, then, you're more secure, aren't you?
Jeff is running VPN software, installed on his machine and wedged into
the IP stack, that provides the services of checking
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> On Behalf Of Kevin Cully
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:02 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Windows Update
>
> What happens if you aren't running Windows, but you are runn
On 6/19/07, Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I was wondering how I check to see if my version of Python 2.5 is genuine?
>
The package you got it comes from a source which should provide you
with a checksum you can use to verify the package is identical to the
one supplied by the vendor
What happens if you aren't running Windows, but you are running a firewall?
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Jeff Johnson wrote:
> I am logging into a corporate computer using a sslvpn. They have a login
> routine that looks at my computer to verify that
> -Original Message-
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> On Behalf Of Chet Gardiner
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:55 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Windows Update
>
> He meant that his windows terminal services forced him to allow m$
;m not following this. Your client checks your
> computer? How?
>
>
> --- Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>> I access a customer site using Internet Explorer and
>> they do a check of my
>> system to make sure it is up to date etc. I hav
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Michael Madigan
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 3:35 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Windows Update
>
> I'm not following this. Your client checks your
> compu
I'm not following this. Your client checks your
computer? How?
--- Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I access a customer site using Internet Explorer and
> they do a check of my
> system to make sure it is up to date etc. I have
> Windows Update turned on.
I access a customer site using Internet Explorer and they do a check of my
system to make sure it is up to date etc. I have Windows Update turned on.
I was surprised today that I was not allowed on the site because my computer
needed critical updates - even though automatic update is turned on
On 8/9/06, David Crooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am in the process of running the Windows Update and it is downloading
34Mb of updates! That is just from yesterday.
See what you Linux guys are missing?
And (I hope) coincidentily our print server died yesterday with a BSOD...
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On 8/9/06, David Crooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am in the process of running the Windows Update and it is downloading
34Mb of updates! That is just from yesterday.
See what you Linux guys are missing?
Not missing a thing.
My monthly OS X update may not have been that big
I am in the process of running the Windows Update and it is downloading
34Mb of updates! That is just from yesterday.
See what you Linux guys are missing?
David L. Crooks
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