[IMail Forum] JPEG virus now in the wild

[R. Scott Perry]

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.

Also, you need to make sure that your AV software detects these.  For 
Declude Virus users, we recommend upgrading to v1.80 (at 
http://www.declude.com ).  v1.80 will detect this exploit, even if you have 
Declude Virus configured not to scan .jpg files.  If you are using other 
mailserver AV software, you can check with your vendor.

                                                   -Scott
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