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Raijinili	Dec 30 2005, 01:42 PM Post #1
Lieutenant Group: Gods Posts: 2538 Joined: 25-December 05 Member No.: 16	http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcen...tent/15352.html Basically, you're vunerable just by viewing a certain image file, even in a browser. So yeah, take this seriously. ~~~

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Raijinili

Dec 30 2005, 01:51 PM

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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1906177,00.asp

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F-Secure also recommends filtering domains at corporate firewalls. These sites should be listed as off-limits: toolbarbiz[dot]business
# toolbarsite[dot]biz
# toolbartraff[dot]biz
# toolbarurl[dot]biz
# buytoolbar[dot]biz
# buytraff[dot]biz
# iframebiz[dot]biz
# iframecash[dot]biz
# iframesite[dot]biz
# iframetraff[dot]biz
# iframeurl[dot]business

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According to the Sunbelt Software blog, "any application that automatically displays a WMF image" can be a vector for infection, including older versions of Firefox, current versions of Opera, Outlook and all current versions of Internet Explorer on all Windows versions.

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