Re: Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool is useless
From: sgopus (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/04/04
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Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 17:34:38 -0700
The Microsoft GDI tool, only scans microsoft products,
and yep I agree with you I find it useless.
Try finding the office 2000 upgrade area, after stepping
thru 10 11 different links, I finally found the area
and still more links to get to the actual area to scan
your pc to find needed svc packs/patches/upgrades, it's
not as easy as the windows update page, simple scan and a
list with catagories pops up.
>-----Original Message-----
>Semjon wrote:
>
>>I don't get it - MS said that it provided a fix for the
JPEG exploit. But all
>>I can see is this:
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?
familyid=71CD9E74-7142-4780-83E5-
CE54401DA1D1&displaylang=en
>>
>>It's the Microsoft GDI+ Detection Tool. So I downloaded
it, installed it
>>and...it did absolutely nothing! Isn't it supposed to
scan the harddisk for
>>all gdi libraries, test them for vulnerability and then
display the results?
>>'Cause in my case it didn't - it just displayed a
warning about possible
>>vulnerabilities being present and then redirected me to:
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200409_jpeg_t
ool.mspx
>>
>>So what? Great help! This page just redirects me to the
office update site
>>plus offers some gdi detection tools for w2k and
win2003.
>
>It is there specifically to detect if you have something
that is
>vulnerable, and if it finds something point you to where
you can get the
>appropriate fix. In your case that version of Office; it
might have
>been a different one; or a Windows one (SP2 is not
vulnerable)
>
>
>--
>Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8
bit)
>.
>
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