[FARC] Just in Time for Halloween - Another Windows Worm

[Kirk Talbott]

Couple of questions Bob.   Does the KB958644 patch address the worm alert 
you were talking about and if not is this worm a hoax as Scott suggested?

73
KB3ONM
Kirk

--------------------------------------------------
From: "Bob Moroney" <windbrkr at erols.com>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:38 PM
To: <mcfadyenusa at yahoo.com>; "Frederick, Maryland ARC" 
<farc at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [FARC] Just in Time for Halloween - Another Windows Worm

> I can see how the links could have been misleading.  I didn't think to 
> clean them up before sending the list out.
> But the "windowssecrets.com" site is fine.  All they're doing is passing 
> you through to the MS site, possibly getting some "click" points along the 
> way that they can show their advertisers.
>
> You do have to watch where you'll be ending up when you click on a link, 
> but those were straightforward, just going via the Windows Secrets site. 
> From their point of view, it's probably the safest way to go, since the 
> end link remains under their control.
>
> 73, Bob K9CMR  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Iain McFadyen wrote:
>> I think you have just hit the home run here:
>>
>> KB958644 is indeed valid, as long as you download it from microsoft.com, 
>> NOT the "windowssecrets.com" website listed in the original email.
>>
>> Iain    KI4HLV/6Y5   Kingston, Jamaica.
>>
>>
>> --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Kirk Talbott <kirktal7237 at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Info for Windows Vista Security Update KB958644
>>>
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-067.mspx
>>>
>>> 73
>>> KB3ONM
>>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> FARC mailing list
> FARC at mailman.qth.net
> http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/farc
>