Image Handling Flaw Puts Windows At Risk

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has released word that several image handling flaws may open Windows PCs to Spyware or viruses. From the article: 'We will continue to see this type of vulnerabilities in every major application for the foreseeable future ... It is not just images, but any type of complex file format. This is something that security researchers and hackers have realized to be a weak point in many applications.'"

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Re:Critical Bug?

[mspohr]

I just went to microsoft.com to patch this bug. It started hassling me with it's "Genuine Microsoft" initiative and it wanted me to enable ActiveX and load some special software to check if I had a legitimate version of Windows (I do... this is a Dell laptop with factory installed WindowsXP).

I don't trust Microsoft, I don't trust ActiveX. I didn't get the patch... time to switch to Linux...