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Microsoft clarifies “DEP” issue

Earlier I had written that in our preliminary tests, hardware-enforced DEP was effective at blocking the new WMF file exploit.  Software-enforced DEP was not.  However, some were having difficulties making it work.  In one case, for example, a fellow...

The DEP controversy

I admit I’m getting rather tired of talking about this WMF exploit and hope to stop writing about it soon.  But because we were the first security company to break the story, a lot of people have been coming to this blog and we feel we have a...

A note on DEP and the WMF exploit

Update: This is NOT a guaranteed fix.  See latest. Based on preliminary research, we’re finding that systems with software-enforced DEP will get the WMF exploit, but systems with hardware-enforced DEP will not.   However, your results may...