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Originally Posted by Arcaneind
I was just at Arstechnica.com and noticed this article. There is a flaw in Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer that allows virus to be passed on in .jpeg images (like the many at playainfo). Basically update now as the viruses will be coming in a few days.
http://arstechnica.com/news/posts/20040923-4227.html |
let's keep this in perspective. this exploit has nothing to do with any of the existing images on this site, so to reference "the many at playainfo" is not a fair statement. thanks for the heads-up in any case, I hadn't heard about this one yet. Amazing the amount of exploits in MS code!
advice:
- keep your operating system up-to-date (prudent no matter your platform: there are exploits in ALL operating systems) Windows XP SP2 (service pack 2 update) is NOT vulnerable to this, so just update your XP and you are fine.
- dump MS Internet Explorer and switch to a better browser (like free Firefox)