Congratulations on the Eric Howes appointment to Sunbelt.
Catherine | Homepage | 01.16.06 - 2:42 pm | #

Just a quick thought, Wouldn't some malware/virus authors capitalize on the thought that win98 users are less sophisticated (Generality) thus more vulnerable?
jpublico | 01.16.06 - 3:04 pm | #

The amount of work it takes me doubt that...
Alex Eckelberry (Siteowner) | Homepage | 01.16.06 - 6:23 pm | #

I need some clarification here. So even if a capable image processor previews a malicious WMF, it won't trigger the vulnerability unless it's actually sent to print?

I ask because I'm using a Win98 development platform for compatibility, and I'm running the latest version of The Gimp (which, IIRC, can read WMFs). Also, microsoft office cliparts are WMFs too...
A Chicken Passeth By | 01.16.06 - 11:35 pm | #

Stephen Toulouse at Microsoft explains why Win 98 isn't as much at risk

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/ar.../13/ 417431.aspx
Alex Eckelberry (Siteowner) | Homepage | 01.18.06 - 12:33 pm | #