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Old 09-23-2004, 04:50 PM   #1
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Default Code to exploit Windows graphics flaw now public

<img src="http://www.eqinterface.com/images/sections/virus.gif" align="right">I just wanted to give people a heads up that you should always continue to update windows. You'll want to head to the windows update center as soon as possible. The jpg file format is used on just about every webpage on the internet today.

Edit: If your have installed Service Pack 2 (SP2) you should already protected against this kind of attack.

Quote from cnet:
Security professionals expect the release of the program to herald a new round of attacks by viruses and Trojan horses incorporating the code to circumvent security on Windows computers that have not been updated. The flaw, in the way Microsoft's software processes JPEG graphics, could allow a program to take control of a victim's computer when the user opens a JPEG file.

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