Re: [RT] Security Alert - Windows Critical Update Page Not Working

["Ed Larson" <edwardlarson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mark:
 
Thanks for the security alert.
 
Just to let any others on the list know, I went to the windows 
update page that checks for all available updates that are applicable to your 
system, and this one did not even show - even though I recently installed the IE 
5.5 Security Pack 2 in mid November!  I guess I am going to have to stop 
trusting the IE windows update page, and start scanning each individual product 
update page for updates.
 
Ed
 
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  Mark Jurik 
  
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  Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 12:31 
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  Subject: [RT] Security Alert -- a web 
  page can force software onto your computer
  On 13-DEC-01, Microsoft posted a Security Bulletin about a 
  new security vulnerablity with IE 5, IE 6 and Outlook.  In short, 
  ....1. A malicious web page could force your computer to download 
  files and install them without your knowledge, automatically.2. A web 
  page could pop up a dialog box displaying a message that you are about to 
  download a file with a phony filename.  This way the surfer may think he 
  is downloading readme.txt, while the real filename is virus.exe3. The 
  source of the file can be blocked out, preventing you from knowing where the 
  souce file is located.4. This vulnerability can also be exploited 
  through Microsoft Outlook (which uses IE to display HTML e-mails). Simply 
  previewing an HTML e-mail in Outlook is enough to allow a hacker to install 
  arbitrary code onto your system.For more information, go here 
  ....<A 
  href="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-058.asp";>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-058.aspIf 
  you are running IE 5.5 or 6, you can get the Microsoft patch here ... 
  <A 
  href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q313675/default.asp";>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/q313675/default.asp- 
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