Subject: News(?): Microsoft takes potshots at Linux
From: Wadell, Jim S (SAIC) (WadellJS@BP.com)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 11:27:44 AKST
And Linux is insecure?
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1. NEWS AND TOP STORIES
- Microsoft releases mother of all IE security patches
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MS RELEASES MOTHER OF ALL SECURITY PATCHES | news: The Register
A big, sticky and important patch is now available for Internet
Explorer. Microsoft released it to plug four flaws, including one
that could make IE believe that a potentially hazardous executable
file was a different, more benign file, such as a text file that
could be opened with minimal risk. A cracker could end up runing an
executable on the user's system. The vulnerability only affects IE
6.0. MS says you need to patch it now.
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