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However, we highly recommend that you make a risk decision based on your own situation as to whether you wait for a Microsoft patch.

We know that several software coders have or are going to publish patches for Win9x systems.

These older versions lack technology needed for the patch to protect in memory libraries from being accessed.

The unofficial patch which we endorsed in a very specific situation does not work on win9x.

The shimgvm.dll library file does not exist in win9x.

The Microsoft workaround (unregistering shimgvm.dll to prevent access to the vulnerable code in gdi32.dll) for other windows versions cannot be performed in win9x.

Microsoft has not released an official patch so far and there is none on the horizon either.

Patch please?We have been asked for a win9x patch or other foolproof solution for these systems. Win9x is most likely vulnerable but there is no clear and present threat (yet!). So to answer the question above, yes there is a risk. It does seem that Microsoft is confident that these differences are substantial enough to keep win9x tailored WMF exploits from becoming available. These differences are enough to prevent the current and publicly known exploits from working. However, win9x is slightly different from the more recent Windows versions in the way it works. In the initial advisory, which is no longer online, Microsoft listed that win9x in the company of all of the other vulnerable operating systems. Is there risk?Win9x has the flawed gdi32.dll library. To simplify reading (and writing) this diary, I will refer to these two versions of Windows as win9x. We continue to receive questions from Windows 98 and Windows ME users concerning WMF.