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Originally Posted by Flavius
had you said "dont use windows ME, 2000, XP or 2003" I would have agreed but unfortunately it is not the browser that is vulnerable, but the image previewing, which is also used by any other browser (opera, firefox). even google desktop search uses the preview to cache the pictures, so that makes you vulnerable as well.
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The main issue, however, is that at least Opera and Firefox ask you whether you wish to open the file, whereas Internet Explorer simply does so.
While this doesn't make Firefox or Opera immune or immensely more safe, it does show that in situations like these they provide an extra layer of security that Internet Explorer does not. And with the main source of security still being the end user, that is not a layer that should be easily overlooked.