Now porn can give you a nasty infection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3701640.stm

Not that anybody here looks at internet p0rn, of course.

[Stuart]

Of course not...

*backs away from thread quietly .

[dilli-theclaw]

None on here ..... honest

[Gareth]

Heh, and it's the sort of infection that even natural yoghurt won't clear up!

[bopdude]

OMFG when will it end ??, never !!! How many more nastys can we expect, the article mentions making sure all machines are full patched and that sp2 is installed, i'm not keen on installing sp2 after some of the storys i've heard. It also says that it only afects machines if the pics are opened in IE, sooooo here comes firefox me thinks.

[Nugget]

Well, it's always left me sweaty and light-headed

[Stuart]

Of course, mac users don't have this problem... Not meaning to start the Mac vs PC debate again...

Edit: Bop, Microsoft do have a patch for XP SP1.. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS04-028.mspx

Originally Posted by scastle

Of course, mac users don't have this problem... Not meaning to start the Mac vs PC debate again...

Yes, and in this case it's difficult to trot out the usual 'everybody else is just as bad, it's just that M$ is more popular so more viruses get written/exploits get found' excuse.

The fact is, JPEG is a globally adopted standard, handled by oodles of OSes and apps around the world - but it is only the way M$ handles it that causes a problem.

In this case, however, to head off a Mac/PC flame war, I will be happy to point out that if folks stick with Windoze, but head off to www.mozilla.org and get themselves a Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client, they might just save themselves a world of pain once this little exploit starts to turn up embedded in emails or on the kinds of respectable website we visit regularly.

[Jon M]

Re: Emails... another good reason to turn off HTML altogether within any mail program, there is simply no use for it. It is terrible net-ettiquette to fire anything other than plain text at people.. anything other than that and you've no idea how it might come out at the other end... or whether it will at all ( Lotus Notes )

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Chris T

In this case, however, to head off a Mac/PC flame war, I will be happy to point out that if folks stick with Windoze, but head off to www.mozilla.org and get themselves a Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client, they might just save themselves a world of pain once this little exploit starts to turn up embedded in emails or on the kinds of respectable website we visit regularly.

Or maybe even Opera (http://www.opera.com), which I consider a better browser than Firefox..

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by scastle

Of course, mac users don't have this problem... Not meaning to start the Mac vs PC debate again...

Edit: Bop, Microsoft do have a patch for XP SP1.. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../MS04-028.mspx

Cheers mate, installed now, still don't know whethere to ditch IE though BIG think about it me thinks

[SOSAGES]

if i had a penny for every time u lads said use a different browser id have 69 p

anyway
https://my.infotex.com/article.php?s...40914224837676 etc one of many until they are patched, much like IE- want to be safe unplug your modem

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by SOSAGES

want to be safe unplug your modem

In the old days you could have been given a 100 lashes for even thinking that kind of nonsense

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by scastle

Or maybe even Opera (http://www.opera.com), which I consider a better browser than Firefox..

Is it free?

[bopdude]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Is it free?

I belive so, you can find it here