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Re[2]: [funsec] WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification

From: Pierre Vandevenne (pierredatarescue.com)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 07:42:06 CST

Good Day,

Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 12:59:22 PM, you wrote:

GE>> The "patch" by Ilfak Guilfanov works, but by disabling a DLL in Windows.
PV>> I wouldn't say it does that. If you really want to simplify it in the
LS> extreme, it hides the vulnerable function.

LS> Think of it as a "White Hat Rootkit"

Or merely a TSR hooking an interrupt vector. It doesn't hide itself.
It doesn't allow any kind of remote access to anything.

I can't see how it could even be remotely described as a rootkit.

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 Pierre mailto:pierredatarescue.com