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hicomhsp - 10 Nov 2003 00:01 GMT

Microsoft User

this is the latest version of security update, the
"November 2003, Cumulative Patch" update which eliminates
all known security vulnerabilities affecting
MS Internet Explorer, MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express.
Install now to maintain the security of your computer
from these vulnerabilities.
This update includes the functionality of all previously released patches.

System requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT/XP
This update applies to:
- MS Internet Explorer, version 4.01 and later
- MS Outlook, version 8.00 and later
- MS Outlook Express, version 4.01 and later

Recommendation: Customers should install the patch at the earliest opportunity.
How to install: Run attached file. Choose Yes on displayed dialog box.
How to use: You don't need to do anything after installing this item.

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http://support.microsoft.com/

For security-related information about Microsoft products, please visit the Microsoft Security Advisor web site
http://www.microsoft.com/security/

Thank you for using Microsoft products.

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Michel - 10 Nov 2003 12:27 GMT

I just delete all this junk from my e-mail INBOX. It
amounts to about half the spam I receive. It's most
likely sent to you to plant viruses on your computer.

I access the Internet via a computer that I telnet to
at my ISP, and it happens to be Unix, not anything
Microsoft. My own computer is an iMac. Computer
hackers are out to get the biggest bang for the buck,
so they don't bother writing viruses for UNIX, let alone
Macs.

Michel

> Microsoft User
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> The names of the actual companies and products mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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anonymouse unbeknownst - 10 Nov 2003 13:16 GMT

Michel <hkm@cts.com> wrote in news:Pine.BSF.4.44.0311100423140.4696-
100000@king.cts.com:

> I just delete all this junk from my e-mail INBOX. It
> amounts to about half the spam I receive. It's most
> likely sent to you to plant viruses on your computer.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html

I've been under siege by this bloody thing since the middle of September.
It's turned downloading e-mail into an ordeal and now it's even spread to
the newsgroups.

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Kaye301 - 10 Nov 2003 15:12 GMT

<< My own computer is an iMac. Computer
hackers are out to get the biggest bang for the buck,
so they don't bother writing viruses for UNIX, let alone
Macs. >>

We have remained an almost all-MAC family (until oldest daughter had to get
Microsoft for med school) for that reason mainly. When my youngest started
college she said she wanted a PC. However, when we went to buy her computer at
the student store, I asked guy at the repair window if they had any problem
with the latest worm (knowing they had since a prof who reports on this
newsgroup at same U had indicated such the previous week). The guy just rolled
his eyes and said that morning alone that over 60 computers had been brought in
to be dewormed and that the MACs didn't have that problem. Then when talking
with the salesgirl she said that all the computers were equally good, but did
go on to add that she would give her 'eye-teeth' for a MAC because of their
music-related capabilities. Our daughter then commented, resignedly, 'alright
I'll get a MAC.' However, they were out of them because so many had switched
because of the worm/virus problem that was going on then. Her decision was
later reinforced when a high school friend, also at same U, told her that as
soon as she plugged her brand new computer into the ethernet connection in her
dorm room that her computer was hit with the worm/virus and she had to make an
appt. with repair.
Last week at work, the few of us who still want MACs when we get new computers
in the Spring had to give our rationale and also listen to the advantages of
why they think they should get us PC's. I had to leave early for my dr's appt,
so haven't yet heard what they said but all of us who want MACs told them
basically the same thing--they're more stable (nobody I know with a MAC has
ever lost their hard drive), less susceptible to getting worms/viruses,
'easier' to use, and all our previous files are MAC-based...

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