[plug] Microsoft opens doorways for jpeg viruses

[Chris Caston]

On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 20:59, Carl Gherardi wrote:
> On 30/09/2004, at 3:14 PM, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote:
> 
> > Hey all,
> >
> > Just saw this article in news.com and it looks like you and I will  
> > have more work on our plate thanks to the people at redmond.
> >
> >
> > http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/
> > 0,4057,10916227%255E15306,00.html
> >
> In defense of Microsoft(eek!), Mozilla has had almost exactly the same  
> problem up until recently. The response from Microsoft was slower than  
> Mozilla but pretty quick for them.
> 
> Carl
> 

I haven't had any customers catch anything yet and most of the ones I
have tried the detection tool on weren't vulnerable at least in the OS.
If the attacker can convince the victim the open a file with a jpeg in
MS Office it may be a different story as Office updates are not
currently automatic.
 
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