This table lists the title of each Fix and a few of the better known named threats that it preemptively protected against. Click on the Fix Name for a more complete description.
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Fix Name |
Release Date |
Threats Blocked |
1 |
Disable the Messenger Service |
8/6/2004 |
Donk, Messenger overflow |
2 |
Disable Dangerous ActiveX Controls |
8/6/2004 |
MyDoom (IFrame variant) |
3 |
Disable Dangerous URL Protocols |
8/6/2004 |
Scob, Zerolin |
4 |
Disable IE Automatic Document Viewing |
8/6/2004 |
XP Self-executing folders |
5 |
Disable the "HTML Application" MIME Type |
8/6/2004 |
download.ject, Bizex |
6 |
Restrict Network RPC / DCOM |
8/6/2004 |
MS Blaster, Maslan.A |
7 |
Secure the IE My Computer Zone |
8/6/2004 |
Bofra, Scob, Bizex, ADODB.Stream |
8 |
Disable the UPnP Service |
8/6/2004 |
uPnP service |
9 |
Block LSASS Vulnerability Exploits (MS04-011) |
8/6/2004 |
Sasser, Korgo, SoBig, SDBot variants |
10 |
Restrict LSA Anonymous Sessions |
8/6/2004 |
Sasser, LSASS vulnerability |
11 |
Disable PCT 1.0 Server Support |
8/6/2004 |
Windows SSL PCT overflow, IIS PCT overflow |
12 |
Disable Shell protocol handler |
8/26/2004 |
Noceegar malware, Shell:Folders |
13 |
Block AIM Away Protocol Buffer Overflow |
8/26/2004 |
AIM buffer overflow |
14 |
Block Program group file exploits |
10/25/2004 |
Shell vuln, Program group converter vuln |
15 |
Disable Machine Debug Manager Service |
10/25/2004 |
W32/SdBot-CH, Backdoor.IRCBot.gen |
16 |
Disable NetDDE Service |
10/25/2004 |
MS Windows NetDDE Remote Buffer Overflow |
17 |
Disable Remote Registry Service |
10/25/2004 |
None known yet, expected |
18 |
Disable WebDAV Fix |
10/25/2004 |
na |
19 |
Block LoadImage Exploits |
1/4/2005 |
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20 |
Disable Indexing Service |
1/28/2005 |
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21 |
Prevent GDI+ Buffer Overflow Fix |
7/13/2005 |
n/a |
22 |
Remote Desktop Fix |
7/15/2005 |
n/a |
23 |
Disable Job Icon Handler Fix |
7/15/2005 |
n/a |
24 |
Disable NetBT |
8/9/2005 |
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