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Security vulnerability in some intel centrino chipsets

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This thread's last reply is from September 17, 2006, 3:07 AM UTC. Software, malware, and removal-tool advice below may be out of date — treat specific steps and download links with caution.

Hey guys thought you may want to know about this security vulernability found in some intel wireless internet cards usually packged in systems with the intel centrino chipset. Here is a article from intel on the matter:
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-023065.htm
This vulnerability allows a intruder to get FULL ACCESS to the windows kernel through the intel PRO wireless chipset's driver. Fourtunately this problem has been patched and if this article has your wireless card listed in it i would STRONGLY RECCOMEND you get the latest driver updates for your wireless card to patch this hole. If you are unsure about what chipset you have follow this procedure to find out:
Go to start>right click my computer>click manage
This brings up the computer management console
Now in the left pane, click device manager. Now that you are in there go to the wireless controlers category and expand it (we are in the right panel right now) and it will tell you the networking hardware installed in your system.
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Hey Just thought i would put that up to point out the security vulnerability.
We bump Information posts with zero answers in order to make it easy to find those posts that need attention by a teacger or admin. Nothing against what you posted. :D
Ok thats good. :)