Re: Windows Media Player executes WMF content in .MP3 files.

From: Joe (1@2.com)
Date: 02/27/02 

From: "Joe" <1@2.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:47:30 -0500

"Todd Knarr" <tknarr@silverglass.org> wrote in message
news:zR8f8.6460$2v6.658560@news1.west.cox.net...
> In comp.security.misc <a5hmv3$v24$1@slb1.atl.mindspring.net> Joe <1@2.com>
wrote:
> > I just renamed an MP3 file with a TXT extension and it opened up in
Notepad,
> > not in any media player.
> > I also renamed an MPG file with an MP3 extension and it opened in
WinAMP, my
> > default MP3 player.
> > And I renamed a WMV file with an MP3 extension and it also opened up in
> > WinAMP.
>
> > What version of Windows and Media Player do you have?
>
> This would be WMP 8 and WinXP. Older versions of Windows may not have the
> tight integration between IE and the OS that causes this. The original
> Bugtraq report on this was on the 11th, BID 4087.
>
> --
> We won, didn't we? Cope!
> -- Mimi, Reality Check #8

Ahh, thank you for providing me with reason #7,346 why I'm not going
anywhere near Windows XP or Media Player 8.

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