"Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Some disconcerting news is that there appears to be a new virus that infects > jpeg image files, it seems that the current variant is fairly benign however > I'm sure it won't stay that way for long. See the following links for details:
[...] There are no such viruses in the wild. This one is - at best - a proof- of-concept. More important, your system must be infected with another virus first in order to execute code embedded in JPGs. Solution: Ditch Outlook (Outlook Express). You might want to ditch all Windows stuff at some point. Read also http://features.slashdot.org/features/02/06/14/1343223.shtml?tid=166 . -- http://members.chello.nl/~j.schoone \\|// Registered Linux user #78364 - The Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org Assume nothing, expect anything. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
