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Critical vulnerability in Server Service has only been patched by Microsoft (MS08-067), as a new worm called Gimmiv.A has found to be exploiting it in-the-wild.
Once executed, the worm will drop 3 files: winbase.dll, basesvc.dll and syicon.dll into the directory %System%\Wbem\basesvc.dll.
It will then install and start up a new service called BaseSvc with the display name "Windows NT Baseline". The service BaseSvc will force svchost.exe to load the DLL winbase.dll which is specified as a ServiceDll parameter for BaseSvc.
Once loaded, winbase.dll will load 2 additional DLLs into the address space of the system process services.exe: basesvc.dll and syicon.dll.
After dropping and loading the aforementioned DLLs, the worm will collect system information from the compromised computer, collect passwords from the Windows protected storage and Outlook Express passwords cache, and post collected details to a remote host. The details are posted in an encrypted form, by using AES (Rijndael) encryption.
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Originally posted by sos37
Originally posted by zooplancton
17 years on a mac.
never once a malicious piece of software effecting my day to day living.
no viruses, no melted HD.
gotta love being the small guy.
Enjoy Apple while you can. Steve Jobs is no longer at Apple and probably has about 6 months to live due to his previous bout of pancreatic cancer. Of course, Apple insists he's coming back to work in June, but then they also told you that all he had was a rare "hormone disorder".
Originally posted by ArMaP
reply to post by zooplancton
Although off-topic, do you remember what was the problem with the clones?
Some were faster than the Apple machines (specially those from Umax) and they were cheaper, so Apple made the licensing unattractive for the clone makers.
You should also remember that Microsoft has a good market in the Mac camp with its Office products, as far as I know Microsoft has almost a monopoly on that type of products for the Mac OS.
Originally posted by zooplancton
what about the monopoly thing? i remember when bill gates pumped a ton of cash into apple to keep it alive so there wouldn't be a monopoly.
Originally posted by ArMaP
You should also remember that Microsoft has a good market in the Mac camp with its Office products, as far as I know Microsoft has almost a monopoly on that type of products for the Mac OS.
Originally posted by zooplancton
what about the monopoly thing? i remember when bill gates pumped a ton of cash into apple to keep it alive so there wouldn't be a monopoly.