The WMF 0-day

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Any spam that you accidentally preview in Outlook Express could be your downfall, any image that is cataloged by Google (or another) Desktop Search application any image on any webpage viewed in IE or opened in the Explorer thumbnail view.

Nice post. Members must know that they have to apply the patch and unregister the dll right now. This is very serious and it can be used to install the spyware coolwebsearch and if that happens you are messed up. also think if they install the sony rootkit that makes files invisible. Your computer and everything in it and everything you type will be brodcast to unknown third parties over the net and very easilly.

Curio? Does the exploit work in firefox by simply viewing a picture or is it safe unless you open the file in windows? so is it Internet Explorer only windows only? or is firefox tricked so that any google image search could get yuo infected?

as sydspirit's link stated that varients of this may overcome the patch or simply intsall an unpatched dll etc....

another thing many members don't realize is that guys can use messenger to exploit this and they can and will compromise computers to get at webcams
with that said can this exploit work by just using an infected avatar on msn?