UnFu(kin believable

[holistic]

Consider yourselves forewarned.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200409_jpeg.mspx


Microsoft published on Tuesday a patch for a major security flaw in its software's handling of the JPEG graphics format and urged customers to use a new tool to locate the many applications that are vulnerable.

The critical flaw has to do with how Microsoft's operating systems and other software process the widely used JPEG image format and could let attackers create an image file that would run a malicious program on a victim's computer as soon as the file is viewed. Because the software giant's Internet Explorer browser is vulnerable, Windows users could fall prey to an attack just by visiting a Web site that has affected images.

The severity of the flaw had some security experts worried that a virus that exploits the issue may be on the way.

blah ...blah ..blah ..and so on...........

[Reaper88]

What?!? To hell you say, Microsoft has a security flaw. While I'll be damned.

[IAIHMB]

Yet another reason why I use Mozilla Firefox.

[holistic]

Yet another reason why I use Mozilla Firefox.

So do I, but it too has its share of (similar) problems. It just that it has a bigger & brighter database of coders.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/index.html#Security_Alerts


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[IAIHMB]

Yah yah yah, Mozilla's Firefox beta is still better than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. :P

[xxgriff]

Windows XP SP2 are not vulnerable

[bazooka]

Windows XP SP2 are not vulnerable

That is only a matter of time.

[indolikaa]

In other news today, the Federal Government announced a major flaw has been discovered in the machine code used by Microsoft to program Windows.

Anyone who uses Microsoft Windows eventually dies.

And now, for sports...

[xxgriff]

i agree, another flaw will come to light. although i am by no means a fan of MS, the vulnerability itself is just that, a flaw. the people who use the vulnerability to exploit, are more my concern.

holes, bugs, and vulnerabilities are a fact of life for any/all, whether you use windoze, mac os or linux. i am just not suprised when i read of a new vulnerability, i expect them.

[SIRCOOKS]

Linux here i come..........

[bazooka]

Linux here i come..........

You must have lots of patience and lots of hair with linux.

[808smokey]

Everything is vulnerable.............. even Mozilla

[fritzi93]

Linux here i come..........

You must have lots of patience and lots of hair with linux.

Too true.

[xxgriff]

patience, yes. and do not expect to become as proficient with Linux as you are with windoze.

most people have been using one verion or another of windoze for years, and those years have accumulated experience/familiarity that certainly helps when you have a problem. in all likelyhood you will not install Linux, and be on the same level of proficiency or understanding of terms/names, and use of Linux.