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Dan
February 12th 05, 05:07 AM
I thought people would enjoy commenting about recent secuity developments.
Here is the link to PC World that explains how malware is now attacking
Banking sites.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119641,00.asp

Also see this link about a Yahoo toolbar in Mozilla Firefox browser:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1763520,00.asp

Jim Eshelman
February 13th 05, 08:01 PM
Dan wrote:
> I thought people would enjoy commenting about recent secuity
> developments. Here is the link to PC World that explains how malware
> is now attacking Banking sites.
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119641,00.asp

The good news is... if you have Windows Updates up-to-date - I'm only
speaking of the Critical Updates - then this new exploit can't touch you.
Microsoft released the fix one day before the exploit hit.

--
Jim Eshelman, MS-MVP Windows/Security
Windows Support Center: http://aumha.org/
AumHa Forums: http://aumha.net/

Dan
February 14th 05, 03:15 AM
Thanks for the information, Jim. I appreciate knowing that the fix was
included in the latest round of critical updates released by Microsoft. Have
an awesome night. <smile>

"Jim Eshelman" > wrote in message
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: Dan wrote:
: > I thought people would enjoy commenting about recent secuity
: > developments. Here is the link to PC World that explains how malware
: > is now attacking Banking sites.
: >
: > http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,119641,00.asp
:
: The good news is... if you have Windows Updates up-to-date - I'm only
: speaking of the Critical Updates - then this new exploit can't touch you.
: Microsoft released the fix one day before the exploit hit.
:
: --
: Jim Eshelman, MS-MVP Windows/Security
: Windows Support Center: http://aumha.org/
: AumHa Forums: http://aumha.net/
:
: