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

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:43:30 +0000, Rich Grise wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 03:40:50 -0800, Mike Monett wrote:
>
>> The IM worm that was released yesterday was "http://[snip]/xmas-2006
>> FUNNY.jpg".
>
> Aww, c'mon! Post the whole URL, with warnings, so I can go look at it -
> I'm running Linux, so I don't get worms. ;-P
>

Nautilus whines if you try to open a WMF which has the wrong extension. It
only lets you do it by selecting the application, and the warning
indicates that the file can do damage.

I wouldn't trust linux to protect you on on this one, particularly if you
like to run as root.

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Regards,
Bob Monsen

"Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real
investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity."
-- Charles Darwin
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