MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Tue Jan 3 15:10:38 CST 2006
If you are mailing this out, you may find sites blocking .wmf files, due to recent Windows Picture and Fax Viewer exploit flaw, until Microsoft unveils a patch. I don't know what the AV firms are doing in response or how it would affect embeded wmf's in a .doc file. I just deregistered the dll until microsoft sorts it out. Just thought I would cheer up your day. ;) Yup, if you don't want to use the partial patch from Stuart's url. Un-register the Windows Picture and Fax Viewer (Shimgvw.dll) on Windows XP Service Pack 1; Windows XP Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/912840.mspx This will stop browser infections. BUT Just remember this won't protect you, if you store and save a downloaded jpeg, then view it with MS window fax viewer, these guys can disguise a .wmf file extension as a .jpeg file and the exploit will work as the fax viewer will interpret it correctly as a virus loaded wmf file. Stuart McLachlan wrote: >Don't know how many of you are up on this, but be careful out there. >This one is VERY nasty > >http://isc.sans.org/ > > > > > ? Welz wrote: > Jan 1 and all my new WMF logos were in place. I wound up being able to > import a few pc EPS files converted from Mac format into Corel Draw 9 > (they are up to 12 now), delete a few redundant nodes (3 in a single > line with the same top cooridinate can be defined as well by 2), > adjust the colors (Pantone, RGB, CMYK or several other options) and > then save as WMF format. I now have logos varying in size from 6 to 12 > K (6 to 26 character outlines, each with a 'swoop' line) that I > believe are mathematically correct and scale flawlessly as replacement > for the off color 2k files (10 character max) segmented outlines I had > before. > > I had started with the Trace application and it worked extremely well > in the conversion. After all, the logos are made up of a very simple > block font with just a few curves. The trace of the letter M TIFF came > up with 13 nodes (EPS file conversion had 14) for the 13 straight > lines that made up the outline. Although I did not ultimately use the > Trace feature, it was head and shoulders easier to use than the PSP X > that I tried. I probably spent 3 hours with the PSP X help before > quitting. I just dove in with the Corel, traced two logos and cleaned > them up and changed strategies to work with the EPS format imported > and created/modified/revised 6 logos start to finish in less than the > 3 hours I spent working with PSP. I picked up a reference book from > the library for CorelDraw! but did not need to look up anything to get > this part of the project done. > > Ciao > Jürgen Welz > Edmonton, Alberta > jwelz at hotmail.com > > > > > >> From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net> >> >> ...PSP X is well capable of doing everything you need Jurgen ...Corel >> just >> bought out Jasc and have not managed to screw it up as yet ...I use >> it all >> the time for just such tasks ...but not even Adobe Photo Shop or >> Illustrator >> will do what you want when you start with a raster version of the logo >> ...wmf is not a pure vector format and converted rasters rarely >> transform >> successfully into vectorized wmfs in my experience ...I'd redo the >> logo from >> scratch in PSP as a vector image using PSP's native format rather >> than wmf >> ...then export it as a wmf ...actually the emf format is a much better >> platform imnsho for native vector images and I much prefer it over wmf. >> >> ...I had to do this for a client a few months ago and had both PSP >> and Adobe >> CS2 available...we had a 3rd party graphics shop redo the logo in PSP's >> native format (.pspimage) and I retained that as the master ...PSP >> readily >> exported it as a vector emf and it resizes in Access and Word just as it >> should without any of the distortions native to resized raster images. >> >> ...hth >> >> William > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.12/220 - Release Date: 03/01/2006 > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada