FYI. The reason some of you may have viruses...

Got this email this morning from our IT guy.

Warning: MS Exploit

The flaw, which allows hackers to infect computers using programs maliciously inserted into seemingly innocuous image files, was first discovered last week. But the potential for damaging attacks increased dramatically at the weekend after a group of computer hackers published the source code they used to exploit it. Unlike most attacks, which require victims to download or execute a suspect file, the new vulnerability makes it possible for users to infect their computers with spyware or a virus simply by viewing a web page, e-mail or instant message that contains a contaminated image.

Source: http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0d644d5e-7bb3-11da-ab8e-0000779e2340.html

See http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx for more details.

There is no official patch from Microsoft yet.

The patch was released here.

Please unzip the attached patch and run the executable ASAP.

Re: FYI. The reason some of you may have viruses...

Thanks Janna! Hopefully the steps in your link will help me.