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Windows Media Player är en stor del av Microsofts operativsystem och används flitigt av många windowsanvändare. Nu har Microsoft publicerat uppdateringar till deras senaste versioner av mjukvaran, Media Player 9 och Media Player 10. En av de viktigare uppdateringarna är tro det eller ej säkerhetsrelaterad. Windows Media Player har nämligen haft en bugg i hanteringen av säkerhetskopierat material (DRM) som gjort det möjligt för hackare att slussa vidare användare till hemsidor med illasinnat material.

Vi har klistrat in Microsofts egen beskrivning av buggarna och vad som orsakar dem här nedan.

SYMPTOMS

This article describes the updates for the following issues that may occur in Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series and in Windows Media Player 10:

• Windows Media Player may ignore a fractional STARTTIME value and a fractional DURATION value for a non-English locale.

• A memory leak may occur when you play back DVR-MS files in Windows Media Player.

• Script commands may not start in Windows Media Player after a seeking operation.

• In certain situations, certain types of Windows Media Digital Rights Management (WMDRM)-protected content may cause Windows Media Player to redirect a user to a Web page to acquire a license without prior warning. This redirect may occur even if a user has cleared the Acquire licenses automatically for protected content check box on the Privacy tab of the Options dialog box.

CAUSE

The following list is a brief summary of the cause of each issue that is listed in the "Symptoms" section, respectively:

• The code in Windows Media Player that parses the .asx files relies on the English "." character as the separating decimal symbol and did not acknowledge any other separating decimal symbol.

• The Windows Media Player left the underlying filter graph in a paused state when it tried to shut down. This condition left references open and caused a leak.

• A flag within Windows Media Player was not correctly set. Therefore, the timers did not start when the script command occurred.

• The privacy option setting does not properly prevent WMDRM-protected content from opening a Web page without requesting permission.

Men nu finns det alltså uppdateringar som löser dessa problem och dem går att hitta i vårt filarkiv;

:: Uppdatering för Windows Media Player 10 2.4MB
:: Uppdatering för Windows Media Player 9 (WinXP) 2.0MB
:: Uppdatering för Windows Media Player 9 (Win2000, Win Server 2003) 2.2MB

Källa: Microsoft