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DCOMbobulator
What does the DCOMbobulator do?
DCOM
serves no practical purpose for almost anyone and, as the entire world
now knows, it creates a huge and unwarranted security risk. Therefore,
it's crazy to leave DCOM running. Microsoft's DCOM vulnerability patch
does fix this latest problem with DCOM. But this was not the first
problem with DCOM, so there's little support for the hope that this was
the last problem.
I created the DCOMbobulator to perform two tasks:
 | To verify the effectiveness of Microsoft's DCOM patch
This
problem is serious enough that Windows users should have a simple means
for verifying that their systems have been safely patched. We have
received numerous confirmed reports of systems which were patched but
reportedly remained vulnerable to remote DCOM exploitation. It appears
that, for some reason, Microsoft's DCOM patch is not always effective.
Every
Windows user should use our DCOMbobulator to quickly verify the
effectiveness of Microsoft's patch. Even though DCOM should be shut
down altogether, Windows systems need all the security they can get. So
verifying that the known DCOM vulnerability is not still threatening
any Windows systems is important.
For information about Microsoft's DCOM vulnerability patch, please see this page on Microsoft's site:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-026.mspx
If
that link fails to function, please let us know, then search
Microsoft's site for the phrase "MS03-026" to find references and help
about this significant security vulnerability. |
| To shut down DCOM completely
Since
no typical Windows user has ever needed to have DCOM enabled, it should
be shut down immediately and disabled (after first making sure that
it's safely patched when it's enabled and running). The DCOMbobulator
makes this as easy as pressing a single "Disable DCOM" button. You can
then restart Windows and verify that DCOM has been safely taken out of
service.
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