-=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 18:10:20 -0500
run windows update -
Cris
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From: milady
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:56 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: critical flaw
aNOTHER one??? sighhh. so where do yah HAVE to go for THIS patch...geeez.
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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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