[pchelpers] News: unpatched very serious Windows flaw

Firefox and Opera users and people not using Outlook Express are safe as 
long as they don't download any pictures from any except trusted sites.

Internet Explorer and Outlook Express users are infected automatically 
by just opening up an infected site or having an infected email first in 
the Inbox, even with the preview pane turned off.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/29/AR2005122901456.html

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1906513,00.asp

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/181038

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx


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