Make sure to check Windows update to download a patch to help secure you against the latest Microsoft [***]hole, which allows people to run code when you view a .jpg image!

Run windows update custom, don't install XPSP2. Look below for a link to OTHER updates and select the latest patch that plugs a hole in the O/S. Fun!

 

NEVER! haha..

 

haHA! I've known that windows sucks for a long time, havn't all of you realized that yet?!

 

Is it true that this new virus does not affect **** JPEGs?

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"…axles of evil…" - george w. bush

 

WINDOZE = BEST OS EVAR !

 

Phew! For a moment there, I thought my computer was doomed!

 

Dooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooomed !

 

noooooooooooooo my pr0n files!!!

 

I haven't heard anything about that, but I can't see why it would matter. A .jpg is a .jpg as far as the windows GDI is concerned.

 

unless its a JPE in win2k

 

but pr0n jpegs are naked and thus not hiding anything.

 

uhhh women one's right

 

Sorry, I was kidding.

Direct link to Microsoft page with description of the problem.

After reading the description and related articles on the 'net, I believe that it is the software that is suspect, not the JPEG image format. Looking at the list of affected software, every one of them is a Microsoft product. Even with hacked c code written into JPEG data, a properly written application won't execute this code.

It's best to take sonicsuby's advice and get the updates to be sure. He is correct when he stated that it can affect a Windows GDI application.

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"…axles of evil…" - george w. bush

 

Well, the .jpg contains virus code. It exploits a hole in the Microsoft GDI, which allows it to execute commands. Unfortunately, a lot of applications use their own GDI, so patching won't keep you completely safe, but it's better than nothing and should be pretty effective. Just keep your virus software up to date too.