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Users of W 2000 should be very cautious about installing the patch
listed below. I did and it caused NetScape to completely lock up my
machine. Fortunately, the patch can be uninstalled from the add/remove
in the control panel. I have never seen this before where a patch can be
uninstalled from add/remove. Maybe MS had some idea about potential
problems.
Besides, the patch is unnecessary for most uses of W 2000 as from MS
itself --"HyperTerminal is the default Telnet client on Windows 98, 98SE
and ME. However, it is not the default Telnet client on Windows 2000,
and Windows 2000 users who have not taken steps to make it the default
Telnet client would not be affected by the vulnerability."
Subject: Security Flash
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 14:01:23 -0600
From: Mark Jurik <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Omega List'" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>,
"'Realtraders'" <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
As reported in SecuritySearch.Net Vulnerability Report...
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If a user opens a HTML e-mail message then a malicious
user could execute arbitrary code on the system.
Windows 98 and 98SE users should install this patch
http://download.microsoft.com/download/win98/Update/12395/W98/EN-US/274548USA8.EXE
Windows Me users should install this patch
http://download.microsoft.com/download/winme/Update/12395/WinMe/EN-US/274548USAM.EXE
Windows 2000 should install this patch
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?releaseid=25112
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