bitingmidge
3rd January 2006, 10:42 AM
I don't like spreading news of viruses, and usually they turn out to be hoaxes, however the following note has been posted on the Musical Instrument Makers Forum and uploading of pictures has been suspended, so I reckon it's a bit fair dinkum.
May pay to upgrade the virus software chaps, (or get a Mac, or at least use Firefox! :rolleyes: )
Also see Google News (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37850-1.html)
Cheers,
P (sorry if this is alarmist, but I'd hate us to become victims!)
:rolleyes:
From MIMF.com: sysop - 07:59pm Dec 30, 2005 EST (#1 of 24)
Here's how it works. Evil Hackers insert code that will take over your PC into a WMF image. But we're on guard against Evil Hackers and don't allow uploads of WMF files here. But the Forum software is stupid and believes you when you tell it this WMF file is really a JPG - all you need to do is rename it. So the Forum software accepts it as legal, and here it is below. A WMF image I just renamed. If it displays, your PC will be toast if you actually run into an infected image. Image uploads are suspended until further notice.
May pay to upgrade the virus software chaps, (or get a Mac, or at least use Firefox! :rolleyes: )
Also see Google News (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/37850-1.html)
Cheers,
P (sorry if this is alarmist, but I'd hate us to become victims!)
:rolleyes:
From MIMF.com: sysop - 07:59pm Dec 30, 2005 EST (#1 of 24)
Here's how it works. Evil Hackers insert code that will take over your PC into a WMF image. But we're on guard against Evil Hackers and don't allow uploads of WMF files here. But the Forum software is stupid and believes you when you tell it this WMF file is really a JPG - all you need to do is rename it. So the Forum software accepts it as legal, and here it is below. A WMF image I just renamed. If it displays, your PC will be toast if you actually run into an infected image. Image uploads are suspended until further notice.