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Microsoft warns of poisoned picture peril
From:Joe Klemmer
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:31:33 -0400

Microsoft warns of poisoned picture peril
By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Sep 14 2004 5:54PM

The old bromide that promises you can't get a computer virus by looking
at an image file crumbled a bit further Tuesday when Microsoft announced
a critical vulnerability in its software's handling of the ubiquitous
JPEG graphics format. 

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9508

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Joe Klemmer 
Unix System/Network Administrator & Ad Hoc Programmer