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2004-09-24

Be afraid

If you have a PeeCee, it is very important that you make sure it is up to date. Microsoft has discovered a bug in the way their software handles JPEGs (most of the images that you ever see on the web) that can allow an evil cracker to take over your machine.

This is worse than any worm or virus hoped to be, because you don’t have to download or click on anything. You can get whacked just browsing around on the web…

September 2004 Security Update for JPEG Processing (GDI )

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