Beware WMF Files
A zero day exploit circulating in the wild is leaving Windows XP & 2003 systems vulnerable to malicious websites and email attachments that contain specially crafted WMF files. Ensure you antivirus and spyware definitions are up to date to give some degree of protection from these nasties. Don’t open any email attachments with a .WMF extension.
See Trojan alert over unpatched Windows flaw for more details.
This really is a nasty one!
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