Re: Image-handling flaws put Windows PCs at risk

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

Re:
http://news.com.com/Image-handling+flaws+put+Windows+PCs+at+risk/2100-1002_3
-5940047.html?tag=nefd.top
(AKA http://tinyurl.com/amy44)

When I see these kind of bugs, I always wonder if there is some way to turn
off the unneeded feature rather than getting a patch.  Disabling the feature
protects against the next security hole in the unneeded feature......  I
also wonder if there is a some method of scanning the registry to learn
about all the image file formats that IE supports in the <img> tag and
similar tags.  Last time I checked, the GIF and JPEG formats are all we
need.

Richard 

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