[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #489

MikesWhatsNews, 08, 05, 2002
in today's issue #489
Melissa Virus Author Jailed For 20 Months
E-mail Viruses: How Catchy Are They?
Cracked Pot
Joke Wallpaper
Rockfall
BUFFER OVERFLOW In Macromedia's Flash Player 6.0 ActiveX Control
Tina's FrontPage Tips
CCC      KFK
        Getting Scientific
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Melissa Virus Author Jailed For 20 Months
By John Leyden
http://www.theregus.com/content/56/24832.html
The author of the infamous Melissa virus was sentenced today to 
20 months in Federal prison for causing millions of dollars of damage 
through its release into the wild in March 1999. 

David L Smith, 33, pleaded guilty to creating the virus in December 1999 
the delay in his sentencing has created consternation in the security 
community.
++ There is more on the web site.
From; The Register US ~ http://www.theregus.com/
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 E-mail Viruses: How Catchy Are They?

Most viruses are spread through files that are sent via e-mail,
as attachments to mail messages. In most e-mail programs
(including Netscape and Eudora), programs contained in
attachments don't run until you click them -- so don't open
programs that come from people you don't know. Don't even open
attachments from people you do know if you weren't expecting to
receive them. Many successful viruses replicate themselves by
sending copies of themselves to the first 50 people in your
address book, people who know you.

If you use Microsoft's Outlook Express 5.0 or later, or Outlook
97 or later, the situation is direr. Outlook (which comes with
Microsoft Office) opens attachments as soon as you view the
message. Outlook Express (which comes with Windows) provides a
preview pane that displays a file and its attachments before you
click it at all. Early versions of Outlook Express 5.0 and
Outlook 97, 98, and maybe 2000 allowed attached programs to do
all kinds of horrible things to your PC. Luckily, Microsoft has
changed the default settings on more recent versions of Outlook
Express and Outlook.

To find out ways to make your e-mail program less prone to
viruses, be sure to check your e-mail program's Web site for
late-breaking information, and check out The Internet For
Dummies, 8th Edition 
[ http://catalog.dummies.com/product.asp?isbn=3D0764508946 ].
Authors John R. Levine, Carol Baroudi, and Margaret Levine Young
provide plain-English explanations and friendly advice to make
your online adventures a breeze.
From; DUMMIES DAILY: Internet
http://www.dummiesdaily.com
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Cracked Pot

A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on the ends 
of a pole which he carried across his neck.
One of the pots had a crack in it, while the other pot was perfect 
and always deliveredafull portion of water.

At the end of the long walk from the stream to the house, the 
cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering 
only one and a half pots full of water to his house.   
Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, 
perfect for which it was made.
But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, 
and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it 
had been made to do.

After 2 yrs of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, it spoke to 
the water bearer one day by the stream.   
I am ashamed of myself, and I want to apologize to you.   
I have been able to deliver only half my load because this crack 
in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house.

 Because of my flaws, you have to do all of this work, and you don't 
get full value from your efforts," the pot said.   
The bearer said to the pot, 
"Did you notice that there were flowers only on your side of the path, 
but not on the other pot's side?   
That's because I have always known about your flaw, and I planted 
flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk 
back, you've watered them.   For two years I have been able to pick 
these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.   Without you being just
the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house?

Moral:
Each of us has our own unique flaws.   We're all cracked pots. 
But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives 
together so very interesting and rewarding.   
You've just got to take each person for what they are, and look 
for the good in them.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
Remember to appreciate all the different people in your life!
Blessings to all my crackpot friends

Tanks to Paul, from the www
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Joke Wallpaper
http://www.jokewallpaper.com 
This site features over 300 full screen desktop wallpapers in
sizes from 640x480 to 1280x1024 for you to download and install on 
your Win 98, ME, 95, 2000, iMac, or Mac computer desktop. 
The humorous images are all original humor by the site's author.
Submitted by; Christy
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Rockfall   
http://www.darkidols.co.uk/rf/default.asp?tab=3D0
Rockfall is a freeware puzzle style game for Windows, similar in 
concept to the Repton and Boulderdash. The idea is to collect all 
of the diamonds on the level whilst avoiding falling rocks, 
skulls and bombs. 
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BUFFER OVERFLOW In Macromedia's Flash Player 6.0 ActiveX Control 
http://www.secadministrator.com/articles/index.cfm?articleid=3D25152
   A buffer overflow condition exists in Macromedia's Flash Player 6.0
ActiveX Control. An attacker can use this vulnerability to execute code 
through email, a Web site, or any other way that Microsoft Internet 
Explorer (IE) uses to display HTML. eEye Digital Security's advisory 
gives a detailed explanation about this vulnerability. Macromedia has 
released an updated version of Flash Player that addresses this 
vulnerability.
 From;  Security Administrator 
channel on the Windows & .NET Magazine Network    
   http://www.secadministrator.com 
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Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

That link out there!  (for v2k/02 only)

If you want to link to an external site within the
navigation bar this is what you do.

Go to Navigation view Right Click on the view select 'New
Top Page' or select the page you want to use.
Right click on the 'New Top Page' and select 'External
Hyperlink' Input the url you wish to use, Click OK.

For a work around for FP98 see http://accessfp.net/tip3.htm
Tip 7


AccessFP - FrontPage Resource Centre
Site -  http://www.accessfp.net/
Ezine & Forums - http://anyfrontpage.com/  FREE FP E-Books
Journal - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPJournal
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
<1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=3Dsubscribe>

KFK 
Freeware 
http://www.katarncorp.com/english/gb/kfk.htm

KFK (for Katarn corp's File Kutter) is a very useful piece of
software for every day. It splits large files into smaller files
and rebuilds them easily, which is very useful when you want to
store large files on floppies. 

Complete Win9x/2K/Me/NT shell integration, and it supports
drag-and-drop.
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Getting Scientific

Have you heard about the math teacher's pickup line? It's "What's
your sin?" Okay, that joke is really just a terrible way to lead
into a tip about the Windows calculator. 

Did you know that you can perform trigonometric functions on it?
You can indeed. Go to Start, Programs, 
Accessories, Calculator. Then go to View, Scientific and you have
more buttons there than you know what to do with. (Unless you're
a scientist, of course--then you know exactly what to do with all
those buttons.) Sorry to take off on a tangent (insert rim shot),
but anyway, that's how you access Windows scientific calculator.

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Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible 
viruses, however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures
cannot keep up with the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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