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Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ?
From: "Gethin Jones" <gethinj () gethin net>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:09:16 -0000
The only way to remove Media Player is not to install it. There isn't really a clean way to uninstall.The best way is to use a Pre-Installation file leaving out all the unnecessary applications.
Gethin Jones IT Security Consultant Tel. 01869 354 098 Cell. 07796 444 141 MSN gethinj () hotmail com PGP 8537 0419 75DC EC62 4959 3303 3669 049B F2E9 3C48----- Original Message ----- From: "Prasanna M" <PrasannaM () catsglobal co in> To: "'Craig Woodward '" <secfreak () hotmail com>; <security-basics () securityfocus com> Cc: "'Jacob Weeks '" <jaweeks () gmail com>; "'Steve Fletcher '" <safletcher () insightbb com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 6:18 AM Subject: RE: which security hotfixs to implemet ?
My first reaction was also to ask why unnecessary software/services werepresent, but then I checked and now I am not sure if there is a clean way toremove the "basic" media player(v6.4)? I checked out the services,windowscomponents,add/remove progs. The only place that was left was to delete thefiles and remove from registry? Do let me know if there is another way to get this done. Prasanna -----Original Message----- From: Craig Woodward To: security-basics () securityfocus com Sent: 11/25/2004 12:59 AM Subject: Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? At the risk of sounding petulant, why keep Media player installed if there's no intention of using it? Quite a few of the exploits detail whether they are exploitable if the application is present, even if not in use. It would be best to read the details for each update to see if they apply to you. Craig----- Original Message ----- From: "Juan B" <juanbabi () yahoo com>To: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 6:16 AM Subject: which security hotfixs to implemet ?Hi, I ran microsoft baseline security against our IIS web servers. the output ( for example) on some servers was that there are some critical updates related to windows media player which I need to implement ,my question is: Do I really need to implement fixes to applications that I dont use ( but still are installed on the server) on those servers (like windwos media player that we dont use on our web servers? ). thanks ! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com
Current thread:
- which security hotfixs to implemet ? Juan B (Nov 24)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? xyberpix (Nov 24)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Jacob Weeks (Nov 24)
- RE: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Steve Fletcher (Nov 24)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Craig Woodward (Nov 24)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? hutuworm (Nov 27)
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- RE: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Andrew Shore (Nov 25)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Rino Mardo (Nov 26)
- RE: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Prasanna M (Nov 25)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Gethin Jones (Nov 27)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? Caeser Augustus (Nov 27)
- Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ? GuidoZ (Nov 27)