I wasn't panicking, George. The things a user would have to do to allow a hacker/virus in were pretty unusual. The chances of someone doing these things at the same time as a virus was present would be really slim. It's good that Microsoft have plugged it, though... just for the peace of mind. Barry H ----- Original Message ----- From: George Bell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:46 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Holes in SP 2 Hi Barry, Before we all go into panic mode, Microsoft have plugged the holes with a patch that is applied after SP2 is installed. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Sent: 21 August 2004 07:48 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Holes in SP 2 I have just read a BBC article on some obscure holes in the new Windows SP 2 that some might find interesting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3583860.stm# startcontent Barry H ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: application/ms-tnef -- File: winmail.dat ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** Going on holiday and want to halt messages? Send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** vacation ## d ** where ## is the number of days followed by d for days. ** For other things like digest mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq