Shamus_McFartfinger

Not that anyone really gives a shit but I've just spent the last hour and a half on my roof doing repairs. My solar hot water panels are intact but I lost a few tiles that I had to replace and others had to be repaired with silicon. Still, we got off lightly. My neighbours' car was written off. Another neighbour had their garage roof destroyed and then their car inside it as well. Poor bastards. As I look out my window I can see yet another afternoon storm on its way that'll hit us in a few hours. Round 2 perhaps........

We only get bread and water out here in the colonies and only one knife and one fork per household (which Mrs Shamus was using at the time the photograph was taken - hence its non-appearance.

I've never seen hail like it either. We had water dripping inside the house for about 2 hours which had/has me a bit concerned. That's another job for tomorrow: seeing if the water has pooled in the roof anywhere. Lucky Mrs Shamus decided to chuck the car in the garage or it would have been fucked.

Haven't seen the bastard of a thing in a while. I suspect it was flattened by a car a few months back. Tragic.

Mate, they sounded like small explosions. I suspect my roof will be a little worse for wear when I can check it in the morning. I expect my solar hot water panels to be damaged also. Never seen anything like it.

Check it out. These photos are from a hailstorm that hit my place about 30 minutes ago. I think my roof survived. Not sure as it was raining inside up until about 10 minutes ago. Not the best of photos but check out the size of the hailstones I grabbed from the front yard. http://users.tpg.com.au/adsldxhe/1.jpg http://users.tpg.com.au/adsldxhe/2.jpg

Ah! Now I'm with you. (Had a bit of a blonde moment). I've never had problems injecting or removing files from within an ISO using UltraISO. Great program. Works great with .bin files as well. Odd. Probably operator error.

Just use the .mds file if it's available. Everything your software needs to know about burning an ISO image is in that file.

For those interested in patching this rather nasty bug (which can be exploited just surfing sites on the net), an unofficial hotfix has been released which can be downloaded from the GRC Security Site until Microsoft stop fucking around and release an official patch on Jan 10th. The patch has been endorsed by many anti-virus and security companies worldwide (almost unbelievable in itself), and can be easily uninstalled when the official patch arrives this coming Tuesday. http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm

Thanks, guys. It's nice to be needed. *cough*

Your .mds file may contain information that ImgBurn reqires to do its job properly, especially if you're burning dual-layered media that will contain layer-break info. You don't NEED to always burn the .mds file but it's a good habit to get into.

I'll take your word for it, mate. I've never used UltraISO for building DVDs. I think the array of freeware tools available to do that type of thing is more than adequate.

Generous bastards. Zacoz said Agreed. They have already admitted they are at fault. A logical progression might perhaps include a "bill of repair" for a PC having to be re-installed as you've noted above. Perhaps with an accompanying letter from a solicitor. Bastards.

Thanks guys! Spent most of yesterday sitting outside and most of this morning feeling like stir-fried dog shit. :& Top day tho. :

You can do something like this from the command line if you like: imgburn.exe /mode isowrite /start /src k:\img.mds /dest f: /deleteimage yes /close

Shucks. Thanks mate!

There ain't many. The only free one I can think of is Folder2ISO. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_so.../folder2iso.cfm

Hola. Estoy utilizando un traductor en l?nea. Espero que usted pueda entenderme. ImgBurn no es un destripador de DVD. No puede copiar pel?culas a su disco duro. Puede quemarse solamente archivos de la imagen del disco tales como ISO, BIN, archivos del IMG.

I use UltraISO. A tool specifically designed to create, edit and burn all manner of disk image files. http://www.ezbsystems.com/ Not quite true. DVD Decrypter read the sectors from a disk (not the files) and made a duplicate of the DVD in ISO format. Creating an ISO from a bunch of files and directories is not the same as reading sectors from a disk and outputting to an ISO.

Grab VSO DivxToDVD instead. It's free and without limits. It creates VOBs/IFOs from the DivX file which can then be converted to ISO using CouJo's ImgTool. http://fastdownload.softonic.de/ourfiles_d...tup_0.52.99.exe

http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfi...it_release.html Exploit Released for Unpatched Windows Flaw Security researchers have released instructions for exploiting a previously unknown security hole in Windows XP and Windows 2003 Web Server with all of the latest patches applied. Anti-virus company Symantec warned of the new exploit, which it said uses a vulnerability in the way Windows computers process certain image files (Windows Meta Files, or those ending in .wmf). Symantec said the exploit is designed to download and run a program from the Web that downloads several malicious files, including tools that attackers could use to control vulnerable computers via Internet relay chat (IRC) channels. The exploit code, first posted on security mailing list Bugtraq, states that the included Internet address can successfully exploit a fully patched Windows XP system with a freshly updated [symantec] Norton Anti-Virus. Symantec said it has verified that the exploit works on fully-patched Windows XP systems, and that updates that would allow its anti-virus program to detect threats trying to exploit the new flaw would be released as soon as possible, though it noted that "some of the components of this attack, including the exploit itself, are NOT detected by Symantec products." According to an overnight post at the SANS Internet Storm Center, the link provided at Bugtraq when clicked on successfully drops a Trojan horse program onto fully patched Windows XP SP2 machines (other Windows versions may also be affected.) The Trojan will then download a fake anti-spyware/virus program which asks user to purchase a registered version of software in order to remove threats it claims are resident on the user's machine. Security Fix has not be able to reach Microsoft about this reported problem, though I can only imagine the consternation this is causing in Redmond right now, and I'd guess that Microsoft will be working on a patch to fix the problem as soon as possible. Security Fix will update this post as soon as more information is available. In the meantime, the same advice we've given still stands: be extremely cautious about clicking on links that arrive in e-mail or instant message: in this case, it could mean very nasty results for your PC. Update, 12:30 p.m. ET: Several security groups are reporting that it is extremely easy to get whacked by this vulnerability/exploit just by visiting one of a growing number of malicious Web sites that are now employing this attack. F-Secure's blog post on this indicates that -- because the vulnerability lies in the way Windows parses WMF image files -- Firefox and Opera users also can get infected -- although they at least have to agree to download and run a file first. The Sunbelt Blog also has some good information on this exploit, including some nice screenshots of what it looks like when your machine gets hit with this. What's more, the exploit itself has just been rolled into Metasploit, an open-source vulernability assessment tool that the bad guys also can use to help automate attacks. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company is investigating, though no official word from them yet. A couple of security firms, including Verisign's iDefense, have published workarounds that appear to mitigate the threat. According to iDefense, Windows users can disable the rendering of WMF files using the following hack: 1. Click on the Start button on the taskbar. 2. Click on Run... 3. Type "regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll" to disable. 4. Click ok when the change dialog appears. iDefense notes that this workaround may interfere with certain thumbnail images loading correctly, though I have used the hack on my machine and haven't had any problems yet. The company notes that once Microsoft issues a patch, the WMF feature may be enabled again by entering the command "regsvr32 shimgvw.dll" in step three above. Update, 2:31 p.m. ET:According to information posted at Internet security company Websense, the exploit is now being used by thousands of Web sites to install a bogus anti-spyware application that is fairly tedious to remove from infected machines. Also, Websense says the program "prompts the user to enter credit card information in order to remove the detected spyware. The background image used and the "spyware cleaning" application vary between instances. In addition, a mail relay is installed on the infected computer and it will begin sending thousands of SPAM messages." The above image is from Websense's alert. It's also worth noting that the SANS Internet Storm Center has increased their threat level to "yellow" over this exploit, noting that a lot of people are on holidays and might overlook this problem. By Brian Krebs | December 28, 2005; 02:47 AM ET

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=5650 New Virkel.F IM Worm Pretends to be MSN Messenger 8 Leak News : Mobile : Security, posted 27-DEC-2005 21:40 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you use MSN Messenger and receive an IM with a link to a leaked "MSN Messenger 8 Beta" from a friend in your list: don't open it! Security firm F-Secure is warning about this new worm that spreads from a fake website, where the author pretends to have a copy of MSN Messenger 8 beta. The download BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE from that fake site actually installs a worm that will by turn send instant messages to everyone on the user's MSN list with links to download their "beta". The malware also connects to a bot network. Although there is a MSN Messenger 8 Beta around (I am running it now) you can only get into the beta if you receive an invitation via email, and possibly your friend will tell you beforehand when sending it.

LOL! Sure!

Firmware is what controls your drive and contains commands that allow programmers like Lightning_UK! to "talk" to the drive. Updating your firmware ensures that the latest commands supported by your drive may be accessed as well as ironing out possible bugs in the drive itself. (The Pioneer 120 is a good example of a shit drive with shit firmware). Updating is pretty easy. 1. Open ImgBurn 2. Right click on your drive and select "Check for firmware updates" from the menu 3. Take note of the firmware version in the requester. In my case it's v1.58 4. Check the results against the available firmware for your drive. Ignore hacked firmware for the time being . As you can see where I've badly circled below, v1.58 is the latest firmware version for this drive. If your firmware is older than what is displayed, save the firmware file and then run it. If it's the same or newer, don't bother. Hope it helps.

"Value packaged from the Orient?" *shudder* Could be very dodgy.