Re: WMF gunshy

The only reason I have windows is that I need to be able to use IE
w/ActiveX to do my job.
I understand you can get it with Firefox too. You have to OK the
downloading of the file though. Once its been downloaded, there are a
variety of ways it can be activated. IE not required. Windows Explorer,
MSPaint, Google Tool bar, etc.

One of the formats the chart was offered in was a .pdf. That would
normally be downloaded anyway. I understand it doesn't have to be a .wmf
file. .jpg and several others work just as well.

Jim

Fielder George Dowding wrote:

> At least not with IE on a Windows box. fgd.
>
> Jim Gribbin wrote:
>
> >Boy, all this talk on the net about these WMF exploits has got me
> nervous.
> >I just got an innocent enough looking piece of spam, supposedly from the
> >US Post Office, someone I normally get spam from anyway. It is just
> >offering me charts for the new postal rates that I know are in the
> >process of going up anyway. Then when I rolled my mouse over the links
> >in the email, they don't actually go to the site the texts claims. The
> >visible text in the links are all usps.com/(something or other) or
> >pe.usps.com/(something or other), but the link that shows on the bar at
> >the bottom of the window is all "email.harte-hanks.com/(something or
> >other)".
>
> >Harte Hanks (harte-hanks.com) is openly registered at Network Solutions
> >and appears to be a legitimate marketing company in Austin Texas. They
> >could very well be doing work for the Post Office.
>
> >Am I going to click on the links while up in Windows (I almost did)? I
> >don't think so. You just don't know.
>
> >Jim Gribbin
>
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Received on Wed Jan 4 18:23:48 2006