free housecall scan results? was: spurious or spam/virus e/mails?

[David H. Lipman]

From: "len garden" <gardenlen2@bigpond.com>

< snip >

| all others are status ok. and no ms at all.
|
| i even downloaded them again and attempted install at which time i was
| told i already had those programs installed.
|
| tis
|
| On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:02:04 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
| <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
| snipped
| With peace and brightest of blessings,
|
| len & bev
|

You have to REMOVE the vulnerables versions in many of the cases.

for example you have to remove Macromedia Flash v6.x and v8.x before installing the latest
GFlash v9.x.

In the Secunia Report it should provides hints on what needs to be removed.


--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

[len garden]

thanks lil'abner,

wish they could tell you these things more clearly at times.

g'day david,

boy talk about traps and difficulties, ok we made sense out of nearly
all of it now that is all except macromedia flash any version.

i went into install/uninstall program there was one only version of
macromedia flash 8 shown, so i removed it then i went and installed
the latest update from the link provided by "secunia' and i can't find
that installation in the install/uninstall programs section.

nor can i find it ijn the program folders on the tree.

but 'secunia' keeps picking up on the older version:

< Macromedia Flash Player 6.x 6.0.79.0 Macromedia Flash
Player 6.x

This installation of Macromedia Flash Player 6.x is insecure and
potentially exposes your system to security threats!

The detected version installed on your system is 6.0.79.0, however,
the latest secure version released by the vendor, fixing one or more
vulnerabilities, is 6.0.88.0.

Update Instructions:
Update to version 6.0.88.0 or 9.0.28.0.
http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash

NOTE: When updating Flash Player, older versions are not always
automatically removed from your system. If older versions were
detected that you believe should not be present, then please contact
the vendor regarding how to remove them from your system.

Vulnerabilities Fixed:
Read about the vulnerabilities fixed with this update in Secunia
advisory SA22467 (opens in a new window). The Secunia advisory
describes the vulnerabilities fixed by the latest security update. If
your installation is outdated with more than one version, then more
vulnerabilities may be covered.


Installed on Your System in:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Flash\flash.ocx>

that is all the info' it gives me.

the version that is supposed to be installed is <9.0.28.0>

got no idea where it is but? nor do i know where the old version that
'secunia' found is?

tia

On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:29:07 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>From: "len garden" <gardenlen2@bigpond.com>
>
>< snip >
>
>| all others are status ok. and no ms at all.
>|
>| i even downloaded them again and attempted install at which time i was
>| told i already had those programs installed.
>|
>| tis
>|
>| On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:02:04 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
>| <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>| snipped
>| With peace and brightest of blessings,
>|
>| len & bev
>|
>
>You have to REMOVE the vulnerables versions in many of the cases.
>
>for example you have to remove Macromedia Flash v6.x and v8.x before installing the latest
>GFlash v9.x.
>
>In the Secunia Report it should provides hints on what needs to be removed.
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[David H. Lipman]

From: "len garden" <gardenlen2@bigpond.com>

| thanks lil'abner,
|
| wish they could tell you these things more clearly at times.
|
| g'day david,
|
| boy talk about traps and difficulties, ok we made sense out of nearly
| all of it now that is all except macromedia flash any version.
|
| i went into install/uninstall program there was one only version of
| macromedia flash 8 shown, so i removed it then i went and installed
| the latest update from the link provided by "secunia' and i can't find
| that installation in the install/uninstall programs section.
|
| nor can i find it ijn the program folders on the tree.
|
| but 'secunia' keeps picking up on the older version:
|
| < Macromedia Flash Player 6.x 6.0.79.0 Macromedia Flash
| Player 6.x
|
| This installation of Macromedia Flash Player 6.x is insecure and
| potentially exposes your system to security threats!
|
| The detected version installed on your system is 6.0.79.0, however,
| the latest secure version released by the vendor, fixing one or more
| vulnerabilities, is 6.0.88.0.
|
| Update Instructions:
| Update to version 6.0.88.0 or 9.0.28.0.
| http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflash
|
| NOTE: When updating Flash Player, older versions are not always
| automatically removed from your system. If older versions were
| detected that you believe should not be present, then please contact
| the vendor regarding how to remove them from your system.
|
| Vulnerabilities Fixed:
| Read about the vulnerabilities fixed with this update in Secunia
| advisory SA22467 (opens in a new window). The Secunia advisory
| describes the vulnerabilities fixed by the latest security update. If
| your installation is outdated with more than one version, then more
| vulnerabilities may be covered.
|
| Installed on Your System in:
| C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Flash\flash.ocx>
|
| that is all the info' it gives me.
|
| the version that is supposed to be installed is <9.0.28.0>
|
| got no idea where it is but? nor do i know where the old version that
| 'secunia' found is?
|
| tia
|

Open a Command Prompt
Type the following commands...

regsvr32 /u %windir%\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Flash\flash.ocx
del %windir%\SYSTEM32\Macromed\Flash\flash.ocx

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

[len garden]

thank you david,

pay dirt scans all clear now.

you took me way outside my comfort zone what i did i may never know
but it worked.

also another day without those e/mails that started all this.

the only thing that leaves me a little lost is that none of the
spy-ware programs could find those ones that the trend micro scan did.

ta



On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:35:12 GMT, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[David H. Lipman]

From: "len garden" <gardenlen2@bigpond.com>

| thank you david,
|
| pay dirt scans all clear now.
|
| you took me way outside my comfort zone what i did i may never know
| but it worked.
|
| also another day without those e/mails that started all this.
|
| the only thing that leaves me a little lost is that none of the
| spy-ware programs could find those ones that the trend micro scan did.
|
| ta
|

Excellent !!

Mitigating vulnerabilities greatly lessons the chance of malware exploiting them to get
installed on your computer.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm