JPEG Virus Now in the Wild

From: Tom Pepper Willett (tompepper_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/28/04 

Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:19:17 -0500

I just recieved this on my IMAIL List....

Tom Pepper Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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For the first time ever, a JPEG virus in now in the wild. This is the
problem that everyone had been dreading for years. It is now possible for
a machine that is behind an extremely secure firewall to receive a virus
simply by going to a website (even some legitimate websites, such as eBay),
or previewing an E-mail.

http://www.easynews.com/virus.txt has details on the virus that was just
released.

Now is the time to patch every computer that you can (if possible -- some
programs with the GDIPlus.dll vulnerability are from companies that are now
out of
business).
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-028.mspx is one
place to start.

Relevant Pages

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