"Open Internet Explorer, view a web page that has an image containing the
WMF exploit, and *BOOM*...your computer is no longer yours. "
Sounds like Microsoft SP2 to me.
Wouldn't you have to go to a questionable website for this to happen? I have a hardware firewall. I run ZoneAlarm and Avast (which I understand now scans web pages before delivering them to me). I keep my internet options set to protect against most of MS's activeX & other failures. I don't click email links or surf to questionable sites. I never read (or preview) email I don't recognize in html. I don't open attachments (even though they have been scanned by Avast). If someone I do business with sends an attachment that I REALLY NEED (rare), I save it, scan it, then open it. I run adaware, spywareblaster, spybot s&D, etc. I don't do music or "free" stuff on my computer and never download screensavers, icons, etc. I also don't do Microsoft updates, since Microsoft started altering and disabling functions without a word to me in advance and especially since they started sneaking "big brother" pieces of Palladium (now called Vista) in with their "fixes." So far I've been safe.
What would I need to do to run afoul of this latest in Microsoft's failures, the "WMF exploit?"
Anna Summers
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