Re: Sheep Master Gold??

In <GFvQqyBFNEwDFwX+@xxxxxxxxxx> Bernard Peek <bap@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>In message <uRlCL6AkFCwDFwzQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve Glover
><steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>>In article <vO4qYfCmf$vDFwa7@xxxxxxxxxx>, Bernard Peek <bap@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>writes
>>>>Microsoft have a patch - it isn't rolling out automatically yet, but
>>>>you can download it.
>>>
>>>It was in the automatic patching system two days ago for W2K and XP.
>>
>>A quick question - there was an unofficial patch a few days back that
>>involved deregistering a DLL and then running a program. There was a
>>warning with this that one should reverse it before installing the
>>proper patch as and when.
>>
>>What (if anything) can one do if the automatic update system tries to
>>install the new patch before the unofficial one is removed (this seems
>>to have happened on a couple of our machines)?

>I was told about deregistering shimgvw.dll but nobody mentioned any
>other program to me. I've learned about the unofficial patch since
>installing the official one. I've run the official patch update and that
>seems to have worked. What effect some other unofficial patch might have
>is anybody's guess, but you are unlikely to be the only person asking
>that question.

There were two patches. Microsoft (prior to the real fix) recommended
unregistering a dll, which can be reversed by reregistering it (Microsoft
provides that recommendation). That unregistration sort-of worked, but
not in all cases.

The unofficial patch by Ilfak Guilfanov, which was effictive in every
known case (and was the one recommended by most of the anti-viral people,
etc.) can be removed from the add/delete program applet in the Control
Panel. It's been tested against both environments where the Microsoft
MS06-001 patch is installed, or not installed, and the Add/Remove works in
either case. Although, in general, that fix shouldn't be removed until
you install the official Microsoft fix, so there's always some protection
against the WMF bug.

See http://www.hexblog.com/index.html for more information about the
Guilfanov fix.

>If your systems are working then I would advise doing nothing until the
>issue gets discussed in the trade press and newsgroups. My guess is that
>you will probably not need to do anything and that Microsoft will
>probably clean up the mess shortly, but probably not in next Tuesday's
>patch cycle.

Ben

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