[pchelpers] Re: News: unpatched very serious Windows flaw

new info:

http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Spyware/index.php?p=735

> 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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