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Subject: Re: Hiarcs 8

Author: Jerry Jones

Date: 04:15:45 04/28/02

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On April 27, 2002 at 12:20:35, Torstein Hall wrote:

>On April 27, 2002 at 10:32:09, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>On April 27, 2002 at 10:30:23, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On April 27, 2002 at 04:36:56, Jerry Jones wrote:
>>>
>>>>I use Dedicated System 2002, so I have no network enabled.
>>>
>>>
>>>What is that?  Google turns up nothing.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Does Hiarcs 8 work on Windows without Mpr.dll or does it need this file ?
>>>
>>>
>>>What is Mpr.dll?  Why is it bad?
>>
>>
>>Did a search on mpr.dll and found this:
>>
>>http://www.diamondcs.com.au/web/patches/enhancer.php3?patch=passlock
>>
>>Which includes this paragraph:
>>
>>Microsoft Windows installs with a file called MPR.DLL (MPR standing for Multiple
>>Provider Route). While the functions of this DLL are generally very useful,
>>there is one exported function that is not required and is of particular concern
>>to the security-conscious. Existing only in Windows95/98/ME versions of mpr.dll
>>(it was removed from Windows NT/2K for good reason), the name of this exported
>>function is WNetEnumCachedPasswords. It is officially undocumented, but enough
>>unofficial documentation has been created so that trojan authors can easily call
>>this DLL from their own trojan - indeed, many popular trojans such as Sub7 have
>>taken advantage of this API for a long time, and even the safe passdump.exe demo
>>program that accompanies this patch uses this unofficial documentation to call
>>the function.
>
>You should have sufficent and updated anti virus anyway. If so I can nto see
>that it matters that much......
>
>To me it looks like Jerry Jones are using some kind of Linux with Windows
>emulation that can not run mpr.dll
>
>Torstein

Win32 emulation Dedicated System



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