SC - patch for the bloody virus

Fri May 19 06:28:37 PDT 2000

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    Here's an overview and set of fixes so you can't get nailed by the =
virus - I strongly recommend everyone running IE or OE get this patch =
asap.

   Sieggy

Severe Windows Security Bug and Fix

This bug is quite bad, and has been known since last year. It became =
more of an issue after somebody figured out you could exploit it to =
propagate computer infections in the same manner as the ILOVEYOU worm, =
only with much more destructive results. Any PC running Internet =
Explorer 5.0 and/or Office 2000 can be attacked with e-mail attachments, =
even if the recipient does not open said attachments. You don't even =
have to be using Internet Explorer: just having it installed with =
default security settings makes you vulnerable. The techies among you =
can see the horror of the situation. Fortunately, a fix will patch the =
hole in under five minutes. Make sure all the Windows machines in your =
care apply the patch immediately. Incidentally, Microsoft has finally =
responded to this class of e-mail-delivered worms by redesigning how the =
Outlook e-mail client deals with attachments. PCWorld has the story.=20
Bug: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp
Fix: =
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/iebuild/scriptlet/en/scriptlet.htm
Outlook: =
http://www.officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/out2ksecFileTypes.htm=

PCWorld: http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16721,00.html

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bug is quite bad, and has been known since last year. It became more of =
an issue=20
after somebody figured out you could exploit it to propagate computer =
infections=20
in the same manner as the ILOVEYOU worm, only with much more destructive =

results. Any PC running Internet Explorer 5.0 and/or Office 2000 can be =
attacked=20
with e-mail attachments, even if the recipient does not open said =
attachments.=20
You don't even have to be using Internet Explorer: just having it =
installed with=20
default security settings makes you vulnerable. The techies among you =
can see=20
the horror of the situation. Fortunately, a fix will patch the hole in =
under=20
five minutes. Make sure all the Windows machines in your care apply the =
patch=20
immediately. Incidentally, Microsoft has finally responded to this class =
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e-mail-delivered worms by redesigning how the Outlook e-mail client =
deals with=20
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