[Tfug] Microsoft Security Update

Adrian choprboy at dakotacom.net
Sat Oct 7 13:47:17 MST 2006


On Saturday 07 October 2006 12:14, Neil Short wrote:
> Hey everybody! I just got an email with a nifty
> Microsoft Security update attached. It's only 105k and
> it purports to patch "all known security
> vulnerabilities affecting MS Internet Explorer, MS
> Outlook and MS Outlook Express as well as three newly
> discovered vulnerabilities."
> 
> I can't use it as I don't run winD'OH!s but if anybody
> out there can use it, I'll be glad to pass it along.
> 

Just beware of the dreaded *nix email virus... It is email client agnostic, 
works across all variants of *nix and OSX, requires minimal user interaction 
(merely reading it), and causes the deletion of your personal files at 
random... Damn, I must have been burnt atleast a half a dozen times by that 
by now...


Adrian




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