I am trying to find an AOL ART compressed image (has a .art extension) to test an update patch.

I cannot (after much googleing) find one.

Where can an AOL ART compressed image be found?

info about .ART:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ART_image_file_format

google also turned up this:
http://multimedia.cx/eggs/aol-art-format/

which has some samples here:
http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/image-samples/ART/

Thank you geek.

I tried using the .ART samples at http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/image-samples/ART/ , but did not arrive at the desired result.

I had applied "AOL Image Support Update for Windows 2000" patch from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727075.aspx and attempted to read AOL ART images using Internet Explorer 6 with Service Pack 1.

The ART images were not able to be read.

I tried to find out why and noticed KB918439 ( http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/...n/ms06-022.mspx ).

The KB918439 patch resolves problem for which a remote code execution may occur with handling of AOL ART images by Internet Explorer (not in the image files themselves). The "fix" for the problem was to break (not remove, the files to decode the images are still installed) AOL ART image support instead of fixing the Internet Explorer handling.

I had the KB918439 patch applied.

An update:

I have tested new installs of Windows 2000 Professional with Service 4 and Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1 without the KB918439 patch applied. AOL ART still would not work in browser.

I then attempted to reinstall the operating systems without the KB918439 patch and Cumulative Update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (KB916281). No Internet Explorer Cumulative Update was used. The AOL ART images then would load in Internet Explorer correctly.

Internet Explorer Cumulative Update (KB916281) does not seem to update the same files as KB918439, but disables AOL ART image rendering.

Hopefully a registry policy may re-enable the AOL ART rendering function. Please let me know if it is possible.