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1 posted on 02/10/2005 7:31:01 PM PST by Eagle9
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To: ShadowAce

M$ Insecurity Ping!


2 posted on 02/10/2005 7:32:39 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Eagle9

> ... attacked using malformed PNG image files.

Amazing. PNG is a recent enough graphics file format that
I would have expected even Microsoft to heavily bounds-
check any code that reads it. Guess not.

From another report: "Media Player doesn't properly
handle .png files with excessive width or height."

Pick up jaw. Sigh.


3 posted on 02/10/2005 7:41:41 PM PST by Boundless
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To: Eagle9

After I get my PowerBook, this PC is going to be used for games and pretty much nothing else.


4 posted on 02/10/2005 7:43:54 PM PST by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: Eagle9

Simple solution. Update your computer.


13 posted on 02/10/2005 8:33:23 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: All

Non-Microsoft Browsers Have Spoofing Flaw

Bad News About Firefox Security

15 posted on 02/10/2005 8:43:25 PM PST by yellowhammer
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To: Eagle9

A month from now they will have the new fix ...


18 posted on 02/10/2005 8:48:46 PM PST by John Lenin
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