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Forum Thread: Windows NetMeeting 3.x
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| chillydoc | Windows NetMeeting 3.x |
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25th Nov, 2008 22:40 |
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Ranking: 0 Posts: 1 User Since: 25th Nov, 2008 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
Secunia says my version is insecure. I do not have it my add/remove program. If I try to delete the folder, it says it is being used by another application and I cannot delete it. Any suggestions? |
| E.Jeppesen | RE: Windows NetMeeting 3.x |
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26th Nov, 2008 11:21 |
| Score: 170 Posts: 496 User Since: 24th Nov 2008 System Score: N/A Location: Copenhagen, DK |
When a program does not show up in Add/Remove Programs, and it does not seem possible to uninstall it, you can contact the vendor of the program for information on how to uninstall their product. |
| angelripper667 | RE: Windows NetMeeting 3.x | ||||||||
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31st Dec, 2008 11:36 | ||||||||
| Score: 0 Posts: 1 User Since: 9th Oct 2008 System Score: 100% Location: US Last edited on 31st Dec, 2008 11:46 |
Windows Netmeeting is a superfluous feature packaged with microsoft windows that cannot be removed. As far as it being unsafe... You can try to go to the microsoft update website to update it. |
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| RichardPrice | RE: Windows NetMeeting 3.x | ||||||||
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19th Jan, 2009 19:45 | ||||||||
| Score: 1 Posts: 13 User Since: 27th Nov 2008 System Score: N/A Location: N/A |
The PSI interface shows a "Solution from Secunia advisory (English) (SA11064)" which includes links to various Microsoft patches. I tried the one appropriate to my version of Windows (XP), but when I tried to install it I got the message "Setup has detected that the Service Pack version of the system is newer than the update you are applying. There is no need to install this update". I have XP SP3 installed, so presumably Microsoft consider that the vulnerability in NetMeeting is addressed in SP3. If that's true, that implies that this threat detection by the PSI is a false positive. Even if it's not true, perhaps the Secunia Advisory should be updated to list this patch only for earlier versions of XP. Then the question would be - is there another patch which should be applied to XP SP3? Richard |
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| Maurice Joyce | RE: Windows NetMeeting 3.x | ||||||||
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19th Jan, 2009 21:33 | ||||||||
| Score: 10510 Posts: 8,071 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK |
Netmeeting can be removed from XP. Details are here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938223 There is also an email help link at the bottom of the hyperlink page to Microsoft. Reinstallation details are here: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/netmeet.htm What is the path to the insecurity found by Secunia. The correct path of Netmeeting is C:\Program Files\Netmeeting\conf.exe (Version 3.1) Is your path different to this? -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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| RichardPrice | RE: Windows NetMeeting 3.x | ||||||||
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20th Jan, 2009 22:14 | ||||||||
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Thank you, that was just the information I needed. I checked the path of NetMeeting and found it was indeed C:\Program Files\Netmeeting\conf.exe, which made me realise my mistake: that path was in another partition in which I have Windows 98 installed, so the PSI was not after all reporting a vulnerability in Windows XP SP3. The Microsoft article says it is applicable to XP and to NetMeeting 1.0, but in fact the fix recommended there has now successfully removed NetMeeting 3 from Windows 98 as well, clearing up the vulnerability report from the PSI. Richard |
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| Maurice Joyce | RE: Windows NetMeeting 3.x | ||||||||
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21st Jan, 2009 00:41 | ||||||||
| Score: 10510 Posts: 8,071 User Since: 4th Jan 2009 System Score: 100% Location: UK |
Pleased to hear all is OK -- Maurice Windows 7 SP1 64 Bit OS HP Intel Pentium i7 IE 10 for Windows 7 16GB RAM |
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