Re: A Very Dangerous Worm in Windows Metafile Images (WMF)

From: "JeffM" <jeffm_@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 1 Jan 2006 18:28:12 -0800

>>Last night, a very dangerous computer worm
>>was released on the internet.
>>It is carried on Windows Metafile images
>> Mike Monett
>
>Update: Opera is not vulnerable. You have to work hard to get infected.
> Mike Monett

A patch for NT-based systems [1]
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:G_h4wrg3BDYJ:www.grc.com/sn/notes-020.htm+Download-Ilfak's-Temporary-WMF-Patch+the-seriousness-of-the-WMF-vulnerability
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[1] There is no patch for DOS-based Windoze.

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