Re: Windows MetaFiles still vulnerable

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Chip
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reply to KyeU

said by KyeU:

I would think it is still safe to disable Windows Picture Viewer, or perhaps even associating the .WMF file extension to Notepad (or another file).

Here's what I tried. I changed the association for WMF/EMF from the viewer to the Foxit pdf reader.I then went to crackz and got the warning box shown above. So far I haven't got the same symptoms that RedXII1234 got when he initially went to the site.

I'm going to take some time and go through the machine and see if I find anything suspicious.
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pier5

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bestserials had this wmf exploit but maxthon/IE opened a dialog asking if I wanted to view the WMF file with its associated viewer. I said "No" and the infection was prevented.

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Re: Windows MetaFiles still vulnerable