SUMware
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Re: ZDNet: Missing Microsoft patch leaves critical vulnerability
Those wishing to explore a free and excellent replacement for WMP can look at the VideoLAN - VLC media player.
VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free and open source software for video, released under the GNU General Public License.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.
BTW - it doesn't spy on its users. |
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antdude
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| said by SUMware  :Those wishing to explore a free and excellent replacement for WMP can look at the VideoLAN - VLC media player. VideoLAN is a software project, which produces free and open source software for video, released under the GNU General Public License.
VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
It doesn't need any external codec or program to work.BTW - it doesn't spy on its users. Also, Media Player Classic with K-Lite Codecs: »www.codecguide.com/
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matunga
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VLC has an unpatched security flaw, the exploit is public: 
VLC Media Player Integer Overflow
»secunia.com/advisories/31512/
Description:
g_ has discovered a vulnerability in VLC Media Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
»www.orange-bat.com/adv/2008/adv.08.16.txt |
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Cabal
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4 edits | Edit: Nevermind, not feeding them. |
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SUMware
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Everyone should read this thread:
»critical flaw found in the latest VLC player 0.8.6i
You will see there that matunga has intentionally altered the advisory to suit has agenda, and has lied and falsified information. |
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EGeezer
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Would you provide us with the missing WMP vulnerability information too? We'd like to know what the workaround to that unpatched vulnerability is. I doubt you'll provide that, but it's worth asking anyway.
As of the time of the OP, Microsoft has chosen to remove form public access and hide the vulnerability notice,threat evaluation and workaround from users, so I'll use Media Player Classic simply because it's lower profile and less of a target than WMP.
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