Re: which security hotfixs to implemet ?

[GuidoZ <uberguidoz () gmail com>]

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--
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:48:12 +0530, Prasanna M
<prasannam () catsglobal co in> wrote:
> My first reaction was also to ask why unnecessary software/services were
> present, but then I checked and now I am not sure if there is a clean way to
> remove the "basic" media player(v6.4)? I checked out the services,windows
> components,add/remove progs. The only place that was left was to delete the
> files 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 !
> >
> >
> >
> >
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