-=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
- From: "milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:31:30 -0800
I have had that happen--grin..I get a notice from someone and nothing was
there earlier but when I checked again BINGO...
----- Original Message -----
From: "=^;^=" <alienkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:29 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
I will do that!! Thanks. I usually just check daily but seems this one is
sneaking through
Thanks so much ;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 7:21 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
> I did the second time thru..AFTER I found the updates in another place on
MC
> website..I went back and wah lah.. so you might go BACK and check???
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "=^;^=" <alienkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:52 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
>
>
> I found nothing either on the critical update.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 4:59 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
>
> > According to the update page there is nothing critical TO up date..or is
> > there a patch page?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "PCTechTalk" <PCTechTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:46 PM
> > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- critical flaw
> >
> >
> > Microsoft admits 'critical' flaw
> >
> > Microsoft has warned that a "critical" flaw in the latest versions of
its
> > Windows operating system could allow hackers to access a person's
> computer.
> > In its monthly security bulletin, the world's largest software maker
said
> > Windows versions NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003 were affected.
> > Giving the problem its highest security rating of "critical", Microsoft
> has
> > called on users to download a software repairing patch free from its
> > website.
> > This is said to cure the problem.
> > The flaw is also said to be completely unconnected with the latest
clutch
> of
> > computer viruses currently causing problems around the world.
> > 'Serious vulnerability'
> > It could however allow hackers to quietly break into someone's computer
to
> > steal
> > files, delete data, or eavesdrop on what that user is doing.
> > Marc Maiffret of eEye Digital Security, the US company that discovered
the
> > Windows flaw, said it was a major issue.
> > "This is one of the most serious Microsoft vulnerabilities ever
released,"
> > said
> > Mr Maiffret.
> > "The breadth of systems affected is probably the largest ever."
> > He added: "This is something that will let you get into internet
servers,
> > internal networks, pretty much any system."
> > Keynote speaker
> > Microsoft security executive Stephen Toulouse urged users to download
the
> > free
> > upgrades.
> > He said the problem software was "an extremely deep and pervasive
> technology
> > in
> > Windows".
> > Craig Schmugar, a virus research manager at US computer firm Network
> > Associations, recommended that people install the patches "as soon as
> > possible".
> > Microsoft's disclosure comes just weeks before chairman Bill Gates is to
> > deliver
> > a keynote speech at a key computer security conference in San Francisco.
> >
> >
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