ChadMKIII said:Actually there was previously an artifact of legacy code in Windoze wherein a picture file could actually run a scripst just by being rendered on your computer. Even if it was just through your Explorer. A real big deal a little while ago, MS even went off their Patch Tuesday schedule to release a fix. So there's your example ;-)
But seriously there are plenty of other ways they can exploit your computer when searching random sites. One thing I would recommend is using a dedicated image site, like imagebank or something. They might have some stuff.
That would be why I said:
swaq said:It could possibly exploit a particular browser or image viewer/editor
This is one of the many reasons I'm planning on switching to Linux as the primary operating system for my PC.