Re: Black Screen
- From: "Alan" <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:44:33 -0500
Hi timberpolka,
Are all those who are having problems using IE? If so, maybe this has
something to do with the popup problems.
Here's a News Article carried today by the BBC at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7784908.stm
Serious security flaw found in IE
Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer are being urged by experts to switch
to a rival until a serious security flaw has been fixed.
The flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer could allow criminals to take
control of people's computers and steal their passwords, internet experts
say.
Microsoft urged people to be vigilant while it investigated and prepared an
emergency patch to resolve it.
Internet Explorer is used by the vast majority of the world's computer
users.
"Microsoft is continuing its investigation of public reports of attacks
against a new vulnerability in Internet Explorer," said the firm in a
security advisory alert about the flaw.
Microsoft says it has detected attacks against IE 7.0 but said the
"underlying vulnerability" was present in all versions of the browser.
Other browsers, such as Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, are not vulnerable
to the flaw Microsoft has identified.
Browser bait
"In this case, hackers found the hole before Microsoft did," said Rick
Ferguson, senior security advisor at Trend Micro. "This is never a good
thing."
As many as 10,000 websites have been compromised since the vulnerability was
discovered, he said.
"What we've seen from the exploit so far is it stealing game passwords, but
it's inevitable that it will be adapted by criminals," he said. "It's just a
question of modifying the payload the trojan installs."
Said Mr Ferguson: "If users can find an alternative browser, then that's
good mitigation against the threat."
But Microsoft counselled against taking such action.
"I cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw," said John Curran,
head of Microsoft UK's Windows group.
He added: "We're trying to get this resolved as soon as possible.
"At present, this exploit only seems to affect 0.02% of internet sites,"
said Mr Curran. "In terms of vulnerability, it only seems to be affecting
IE7 users at the moment, but could well encompass other versions in time."
Richard Cox, chief information officer of anti-spam body The Spamhaus
Project and an expert on privacy and cyber security, echoed Trend Micro's
warning.
"It won't be long before someone reverse engineers this exploit for more
fraudulent purposes. Trend Micro's advice [of switching to an alternative
web
browser] is very sensible," he said.
PC Pro magazine's security editor, Darien Graham-Smith, said that there was
a virtual arms race going on, with hackers always on the look out for new
vulnerabilities.
"The message needs to get out that this malicious code can be planted on any
web site, so simple careful browsing isn't enough."
"It's a shame Microsoft have not been able to fix this more quickly, but
letting people know about this flaw was the right thing to do. If you keep
flaws like this quiet, people are put at risk without knowing it."
"Every browser is susceptible to vulnerabilities from time to time. It's
fine to say 'don't use Internet Explorer' for now, but other browsers may
well find themselves in a similar situation," he added.
Alan
"timberpolka" <timberpolka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:CA627E3E-69B8-4775-9FF5-3AE4B54F7C5D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is my problem exactly. Windows update, then black screen on startup,
then Last Known Good, then can't use Windows Update, and now pop-ups are
everywhere.
"Jeff" wrote:
Same problem here. only way to start computer is to go to last working
config. all my restore points are gone and I also cant do windows update,
says my automatic update is turned off but when i go ino change it shows
it
is on. pop ups every where now :(
"Matt" wrote:
I had the same problem, started on Sunday I think. I've had to go back
to the
last good configuration to start my computer up, and had to do it again
today
when I tried to startup. I'm running virus scan, but don't think it
will find
anything. I can't turn my automatic updates on, so I can't get a fix
from
Microsoft if there is one.
"spartney" wrote:
Time to leave work so will check this again tomorrow for some good
news
maybe. Thanks to everyone for the help............................
"spartney" wrote:
No, I have no idea. Thanks
"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
Any idea which updates were installed?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.net
spartney wrote:
On Saturday when I shut off the puter it ran the Auto Update. I
have
Windows
XP. On Sunday when I turned it on the screen showed the Micro
Soft logo
as
usual then just went black. The cursur arrow is the only thing
visible.
Any clues on what happened? Thank you for any ideas on how to
correct
this.
.
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