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Hackers Take Advantage Of Microsoft JPEG flaw


#1 User is offline   Jaspossum 

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Posted 29 September 2004 - 09:15 PM

Hackers take advantage of Microsoft's JPEG flaw



NEW YORK (AP) — In a harbinger of security threats to come, hackers have exploited a newly announced flaw in Microsoft programs and begun circulating malicious code hidden in images that use the popular JPEG format.



The rest of the story......


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Posted 29 September 2004 - 09:36 PM

Thanks for the tip

JD

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Posted 29 September 2004 - 10:04 PM

LOL and yet they ENCHOURAGE hackers to try and pry on their "work"

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 12:12 AM

Ya but acording to M$ they have the most secure products out there. :rolleyes:

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 05:20 PM

great exactly what the world needs...yet another microsoft flaw lol

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 06:49 PM

Microsoft released a patch two weeks ago. Get thee to Windows Update!

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 09:35 PM

Windows Update! WINDOWS UPDATE! Where's my windows update?! I can't find my windows update! Has someone seen my windows update? It must've been eaten by some virus monster.
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Posted 30 September 2004 - 10:46 PM

*crawls into macmarauder's computer and starts looking around* hmmm.....I can't find it either. :unsure:

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Posted 30 September 2004 - 11:18 PM

EEEEEEEEhhEEEEEEhhhhEEEEEEhhh
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Posted 01 October 2004 - 05:53 AM

You left the windows open and Ivan or Jeanne blew that update right outta there

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 01:22 AM

and i read that even i utility is available to attach a virus in a jpeg. :((

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Posted 03 October 2004 - 07:30 PM

I don't have a clue of how many security flaws are in the current windows os so please don't get made if it's wrong. here it goes.

20,000 security flaws in widows, 20,000 flaws, you take one dow and spin it around.
19,999 know flaws, you take one dow and spin it around.
19,998 know flaws, you take one dow and spin it around.
19,997 know flaws, you take one dow and spin it around.
19,996 know flaws, you take one dow and spin it around.......................................
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17,486 know flaws, you take one dow and spin it around.
users complain about flaws, blame hackers and third party software, than do it all again.

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