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To: stock bull who wrote (48903)	1/3/2006 7:08:55 AM
From: Curtis E. Bemis	Read Replies (1) of 82309

Malicious "WMF exploit" code--- Your suggestion that the unofficial "Temporary WMF Patch" be applied is indeed a good one, ie. from grc.com All my computers are fully scanned overnight with multiple tools and one of the scans on one computer (I use Symantec NAV-2006) found an issue, Bloodhound.Exploit.56, in one file and put it into quarantine. NAV-2006 updates daily and has some detection capabilities for some of the various WMF exploits. It found "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Clipart\cagcat50\BD04972_.WMF" as an infected item. Seems to be a MS supplied file, but I submitted it to Symantec. MS better fix this issue ASAP and supply a Security Patch. Since such fixes are made available on a monthly basis, on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, I'm looking for it in the Jan. 10th release, but I'm not holding my breath.