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Security Protection - Harry Waldron (CS)

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MS05-047: Two new exploits developed from MS October security bulletins

 Two more new exploits have developed as malicious individuals work to reverse engineer the changes and discover code weaknesses in unpatched systems.  These new potential attacks are based on the MS05-047 Microsoft Security Bulletin issued in October.  It's always a best practice to patch as soon as Microsoft performs a release which is usually the second Tuesday of each month.  

2005-10-24 : Microsoft Windows Plug and Play "Umpnpmgr.dll" DoS Exploit (MS05-047)

2005-10-21 : Microsoft Windows Plug and Play "Umpnpmgr.dll" Remote Exploit (MS05-047)