Absolutely TERRIFIED of 896688 !!!!

Do I really have to go through with 896688? I've been reading the
pasts and I'm scared sh**less! can I please just not apply the
update?

I only use IE 6 to download the updates anyway; I use firefox for
everything else.

I've been burned BAD in the past by "updates" that ruin my computer,
and I just don't think I could live through another one!

What to do, what to do?

<*((((><{

"<*(((><{" <> schrieb:

> Do I really have to go through with 896688?

Yes. Why? See
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...=true#s3l1-E3G

| This update resolves a newly-discovered public vulnerability and
| other privately-reported variations of the same vulnerability.
| The Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) and other COM
| objects could, when instantiated in Internet Explorer, allow an
| attacker to take complete control of an affected system. Because
| these COM objects were not designed to be instantiated in Internet
| Explorer, this update sets the kill bit for the affected Class
| Identifiers (CLSID) in these COM objects. The vulnerability is
| documented in the "Vulnerability Details" section of this bulletin.
|
| If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker
| who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
| control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs;
| view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user
| rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights
| on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with
| administrative user rights.
|
| We recommend that customers apply the update immediately.

> I've been reading the pasts and I'm scared sh**less!

You've read the solutions to most of the seldom problems too, did you?
See also http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/11/04/489256.aspx

Bye,
Freudi

<*(((><{ wrote:
> Do I really have to go through with 896688? I've been reading the
> pasts and I'm scared sh**less! can I please just not apply the
> update?
>
> I only use IE 6 to download the updates anyway; I use firefox for
> everything else.
>
> I've been burned BAD in the past by "updates" that ruin my computer,
> and I just don't think I could live through another one!
>
> What to do, what to do?

Don't be so paranoid.
Read not only the complaints, but the solutions.
Don't go through life looking at only the negatives.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Shenan Stanley <> wrote:
> <*(((><{ wrote:
> > Do I really have to go through with 896688? I've been reading the
> > pasts and I'm scared sh**less! can I please just not apply the
> > update?
> >
> > I only use IE 6 to download the updates anyway; I use firefox for
> > everything else.
> >
> > I've been burned BAD in the past by "updates" that ruin my computer,
> > and I just don't think I could live through another one!
> >
> > What to do, what to do?

> Don't be so paranoid.
> Read not only the complaints, but the solutions.
> Don't go through life looking at only the negatives.

And ... make a full backup before installing the patch (you do that
regularly anyway, right?) in case you want to undo the install. An image
backup such as Ghost, Drive Image, or Acronis is best for this purpose.

--
Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio

Freudi, meet Fishy. Fishy, meet Freudi. Good luck to both of you! <eg>

bye,
--
~PA Bear


Ottmar Freudenberger wrote:
> "<*(((><{" <> schrieb:
>
> > Do I really have to go through with 896688?
>
> Yes. Why? See
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...=true#s3l1-E3G
>
> > This update resolves a newly-discovered public vulnerability and
> > other privately-reported variations of the same vulnerability.
> > The Microsoft DDS Library Shape Control (Msdds.dll) and other COM
> > objects could, when instantiated in Internet Explorer, allow an
> > attacker to take complete control of an affected system. Because
> > these COM objects were not designed to be instantiated in Internet
> > Explorer, this update sets the kill bit for the affected Class
> > Identifiers (CLSID) in these COM objects. The vulnerability is
> > documented in the "Vulnerability Details" section of this bulletin.
> >
> > If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker
> > who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete
> > control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs;
> > view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user
> > rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights
> > on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with
> > administrative user rights.
> >
> > We recommend that customers apply the update immediately.
>
> > I've been reading the pasts and I'm scared sh**less!
>
> You've read the solutions to most of the seldom problems too, did you?
> See also http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/11/04/489256.aspx
>
> Bye,
> Freudi

"PA Bear" <> schrieb:

> Freudi, meet Fishy. Fishy, meet Freudi. Good luck to both of you! <eg>

I don't like fish at all, so I won't munch him or her anyway

Bye,
Freudi

"Ottmar Freudenberger" <> wrote in message news:43777d54$0$21947$...
> "PA Bear" <> schrieb:
>
>> Freudi, meet Fishy. Fishy, meet Freudi. Good luck to both of you! <eg>
>
> I don't like fish at all, so I won't munch him or her anyway
>
> Bye,
> Freudi

her

Michael Jennings wrote:
> > > Freudi, meet Fishy. Fishy, meet Freudi. Good luck to both of you!
> > > <eg>
> >
> > I don't like fish at all, so I won't munch him or her anyway
> >
> > Bye,
> > Freudi
>
> her

I can never remember.

Don't tell lies, Bear; you know darn well I'm female and I think
you're cute. :-)

<*((((><{


In the last exciting episode on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:14:30 -0500, "PA
Bear" <> wrote:

>Michael Jennings wrote:
>> > > Freudi, meet Fishy. Fishy, meet Freudi. Good luck to both of you!
>> > > <eg>
>> >
>> > I don't like fish at all, so I won't munch him or her anyway
>> >
>> > Bye,
>> > Freudi
>>
>> her
>
>I can never remember.

<runs & hides in den>

<*(((><{ wrote:
> Don't tell lies, Bear; you know darn well I'm female and I think
> you're cute. :-)
>
> <*((((><{
>
>
> In the last exciting episode on Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:14:30 -0500, "PA
> Bear" <> wrote:
>
> > Michael Jennings wrote:
> > > > > Freudi, meet Fishy. Fishy, meet Freudi. Good luck to both of
> > > > > you! <eg>
> > > >
> > > > I don't like fish at all, so I won't munch him or her anyway
> > > >
> > > > Bye,
> > > > Freudi
> > >
> > > her
> >
> > I can never remember.