Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 31st Dec 2005 16:55 UTC
Microsoft acknowledged late Wednesday the existence of a zero-day exploit for Windows Metafile images, and said it was looking into ways to better protect its customers. Even worse, by the end of the day nearly 50 variants of the exploit had already appeared. One security company said the possibilities were endless on how the flaw could be exploited. 'This vulnerability can be used to install any type of malicious code, not just Trojans and spyware, but also worms, bots or viruses that can cause irreparable damage to computers,' said Luis Corrons of Panda Software.
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2005-11-13
Don't delete this, I've heard that it causes all sorts of problems.
IE: You won't be able to thumbnail and will have problems with JPG files, + some applications may crash.
Actually, unregistering/deleting this file is one of the first things I do after installing XP, and have notice no bad side effects from doing so (though I have my own apps registered for viewing images). I originally got the idea from here:
http://www.monroeworld.com/pchelp/tweakxp.php#14