Maybe just quit cold turkey? or go Linux, or buy a Mac. I'm kidding already...sort of. Couldn't live without my Microsoft applications.
In any event the patch for the picture file vulnerability was put up by Microsoft today.
Microsoft Security Bulletin
The bug was found in current server and desktop versions of Windows and is considered serious because it requires relatively minor user interaction to be unleashed. The virus is carried in picture files and can be triggered if an image is viewed in an email or on an infected Web site. It is also being distributed through Instant Messenger.
If a user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
