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WebTV has been hit with a self-replicating ... well, *I'd* call it a
virus, but Microsoft, of course, insists that it isn't, preferring to
just call it "malicious code." Interestingly, this comes only about a
month after I saw a query as to whether or not WebTV was susceptible
to a virus. Guess someone decided to prove it.
There has been a lot of press coverage of the "MeltingScreen" trojan/worm/virus which is doing the email rounds pretending to be a screensaver. Most of the activity seems to be generated by press releases from Computer Associates. Once again the answer is simple: don't run programs that you don't know about. http://CNN.com/2000/TECH/computing/03/17... http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/pcwtoday?... Windows NT has a "hide drives" function to prevent unauthorized users from accessing certain devices or materials. Interestingly, however, Outlook 98 is able to bypass this protection and access material not authorized for the user. The major problem, however, is not that there is a bug in Outlook, but that there is obviously some loophole in WinNT security that can be exploited in other ways. Another patch for the Internet component of MacOS 9. This one fixes a number of DHCP bugs and, interestingly, other denial of service related matters. http://asu.info.apple.com/swupdates.nsf/... mailto:rslade@sprint.ca mailto:robertslade@usa.net mailto:p1@canada.com
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