Re: MS (in)security warning

Art wrote:


BTW, for anyone interested in trying out filtering methods, I put up a
benign WMF file at the top of my web page. You have to use IE for the
test since all you see with Firefox and Opera is the text TEST WMF
FILE. With IE you see the graphic image rendered, and when you click
on it, you see a small popup offering some options, such as to Save or
Print the image file. Presumably, a working filter would block the
download ... you would be unable to Save ot Print the image. The image
file is named IAMHAPPY.WMF


Art,

Here is another link for your info list:
  (http://secunia.com/advisories/18255/)

1) Has anyone seen this exploit with an email client such as Outlook, OE, Opera, Thunderbird, Netscape, etc.?

2) Is there anyone with half a brain who still thinks that using HTML, or God forbid EML, for email is a good idea?

Ron :)
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