Security Alert -- UPDATE to "Hackers can access your cookies"

[Mark Jurik <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On November 8, Microsoft released a security bulletin warning that cookies in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 may be viewed or even changed by malicious hackers. For Outlook 2000, Microsoft has the following patch:

----  http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Out2ksec.aspx

For Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0, Microsoft's prior recommendation was to disable both Active Scripting and Scripting of JAVA applets. Unfortunately, many web sites require active scripting. Now Microsoft has a genuine patch:

----  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q312461/default.asp


Regards,
Mark Jurik