Re: PSA: Windows PCs face 'huge' virus threat: 1990 - Present

Alan Baxter <seemysig@invalid> wrote in
news:s2vjr15m25u783avh3a8gf44dco47nr3l4@xxxxxxx:

> On 3 Jan 2006 00:52:31 GMT, elaich <a@xxx> wrote:
>>This exploit is triggered via Internet Explorer, as usual. Firefox and
>>Opera users have no worries.
>
> That's not true at all. It can be triggered by *any* application on a
> Windows machine that opens a Windows Metafile or calls an application
> which does, even if the file doesn't have the .wmf extension. Even
> users of Google Desktop Search aren't safe. This is a particularly
> nasty vulnerability with dozens of exploits in the wild already, many of
> which aren't detected by Anti-virus software yet. These two links will
> tell you how to protect your Windows PC from this one.
>
> http://www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm
> http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=999


Firefox IS safe according to the Mozilla Foundation, unless the user
manually opens the image, or has the Google Toolbar installed. The code is
executed automatically by Internet Explorer or Outlook Express.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=361062
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