Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-017
Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925902)
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Windows handles cursor, animated cursor, and icon formats. An attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by constructing a malicious cursor or icon file that could potentially allow remote code execution if a user visited a malicious Web site or viewed a specially crafted e-mail message. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system.
Affected systems: Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and Vista
If you have Windows Updates enabled and functioning properly you should get the update/patch installed automatically. If not or if you want to install it manually just to be sure you can visit the Microsoft site and download the update.
Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions. This differs from the PowerPoint Viewer 2003 release in that it allows you to view PowerPoint 2007 presentations as well.
The viewer also supports opening password protected PowerPoint presentations. You can view and print presentations, but you cannot edit or change them in PowerPoint Viewer 2007.
This application is only supported by the following versions of Windows:
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP Service Pack 1
Windows Vista
The Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 only works with presentations created in the following versions of PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint 97
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
To install Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007:
Download the PPViewer.exe file to your hard drive where you can find it.
Double click the PPViewer.exe file on to start the setup program.
Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the installation.
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More Important Microsoft patches and fixes coming up
Microsoft plans to release five more sets of patches this month, fixing critical flaws in Windows and the Microsoft Content Management Server.
The April 10 patches will come as part of Microsoft's regular monthly patch release process.
Four of next week's updates will fix flaws in Windows, Microsoft said in a note published on its Web site Thursday. The most serious of these flaws is rated "critical," Microsoft's most severe rating.
Non-security updates will also be released on Microsoft's various automatic update services and, as usual, the company will refresh its Malicious Software Removal Tool.
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Valentin writes in with a troubleshooting question Q. When I turn my PC the screen comes on with a window called PhotoGallery and is asking for instalation CD which I have no idea that I installed it before. When i try to install other programs it says other instalation is running - finish it first to contuniue with the other. Can you please tell me how to get rid of this window?
A. PhotoGallery may be a program that came with your HP printer. If you have an HP printer, put the CD that came with it in the drive and see if it will finish the installation off of the CD. Microsoft Office also has a PhotoGallery program. You may want to put your Office CD in the drive if you have one and see what that does.
Another method is to try and stop the installer from running when your computer starts. Check your startup items using msconfig and uncheck anything related to PhotoGallery or HP and restart the computer when prompted.
You can also try the Windows Cleanup Utility and see if it shows up in the list and if so then remove it that way.
Kaspersky Lab on Thursday said it has discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. The virus, dubbed Podloso, does not pose a real threat.
Kaspersky states that the virus will only work if Linux has been installed on an iPod. Also, the user has to load the virus onto the iPod. "Podloso cannot be launched automatically without user involvement," the company said.
Once launched, Podloso will scan the iPod's hard disk and infect all executable files. Any attempt to launch these files will cause the virus to display: "You are infected with Oslo the first iPodLinux Virus".
