Re: WMF gunshy

Long Live SVG!!!!

On Wed, 2006-01-04 at 18:22 -0900, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> 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 Thu Jan 5 00:30:58 2006