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Re: off topic:Black ICE & Win98 patch left me wide open to attack



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Hi Alan

How do you see the version of Black ice ?

Emmanuel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Alan Courchene <positionsize1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: List Omega <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: off topic:Black ICE & Win98 patch left me wide open to attack


> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Be aware that if you have recently updated Win 98 or
> Win98SE using windows update and you see this Attack  
> " 0.0.0.0. Filter failed" or just notice that BlackIce
> is not giving any alerts.One of the recent MS update
> patches renders Black ICE TOTALLY useless and your
> computer totally exposed to HaCkERs. Black Ice
> Defender must be updated to correct this MAJOR
> security hole.
> 
> Also, It appears that the BlackIce update function in
> the BI program will not update using netscape as your
> default browser. Netscape says  after the DL is
> completed "insufficent system resources to install" .
> I had to go to the NetworIce web site to DL the
> upgrade
> patch and launch the patch manually.
> 
> BTW Latest Version = 1.9.4
> 
> Alan
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