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I recently heard of a major security hole discovered in Windows OS. This hole, which has been there since 1991, allows code to be executed by viewing Windows Meta Files (WMF). WMF graphics are not true graphics, but are instructions to draw the graphics it describes.

Microsoft has issued a patch so make sure your Windows 2000 & XP machines have been updated from the Microsoft Update .

Find out the details here from Steve Gibson's site.

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