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SANS reports Windows 2000, 2003, XP Daylight Savings Time issues

Internet security watchdogs at the SANS Institute Internet Storm Center are reporting two unrelated issues with the DST changeover on Windows platforms.

The first issue incolves isolated problems where clocks display incorrect times despite being patched for the new US Daylight Savings Time rules. Apparently the problem affects certain systems that were patched using directions from Microsoft the TZEdit.exe application or manual edits to the Registry. A patch is available from Microsoft here.

The second involves certain applications that rely on the TZ environment variable. a patch for that is available here.

Filed under: Security, Windows

Windows WMF vulnerability FAQ

Internet Storm CenterThe SANS Internet Storm Center has posted an FAQ about the WMF exploit that has been making the rounds lately. It says that all versions of Windows are affected and that even if you don't use Internet Explorer you may not be protected. On the ISC blog Tom Liston writes, "This is a bad situation that will only get worse. The very best response that our collective wisdom can create is contained in this advice—unregister shimgvw.dll and use the unofficial patch. You need to trust us." Instructions for using the patch and unregistering the DLL can be found in the FAQ.

[Via The Unofficial Microsoft Weblog]

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