[QCWA] Reflector Guidelines ( Mine not QCWA's)
Robert N Meyer
KB0GT at ARRL.net
Tue Nov 2 12:21:54 EST 2004
N0UF wrote:
> Attachments.
> Viruses can be included in attachments. Yes, I know, a jpg, gif or
> any other graphics file
> don't (yet) contain viruses, but it's only a matter of time before
> some of the computer nerds
> with to much time on there hands figures out how to do it.
Actually, the bad guys HAVE figured out how to exploit security
vulnerabilities with graphics files. One of the latest round of
Microsoft fixes was to take care of that problem.
If you're running any version of Windows, go out to
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsupdate and install any critical Windows
fixes that it says you need. If you're running Windows2000 or
WindowsXP, turn on Automatic Updates so that you get new critical
Windows fixes automatically as they come out.
If you're using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, etc.), go out to
http://office.microsoft.com/productupdates to get fixes for those. (You
may need the original install media.)
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