Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 674
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 00:03:59 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Friday 01 August 2003
 Number  674
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Subjects for today
 
1   [Fwd: Microsoft Security Alert] : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>

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Date:  Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:29:58 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:   [Fwd: Microsoft Security Alert]

Interesting someone has hit the *DO PANIC* Button at Microsoft and
Telstra it seems !!

Hm, perhaps this OS/2 isn't too bad after all ??

Cheers/2

Ed.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Microsoft Security Alert
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 18:25:48 +1000
From: BigPond <accounts at bigpond dot com>
To: BigPond member <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>

Dear BigPond Member,

Microsoft has advised that a security issue has been identified that
could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft(R)
Windows(R) and gain control over it.  Microsoft advises going to the
following site and downloading a patch to help protect your computer.

http://microsoft dot com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-026.asp

Broadband services are more exposed to such security issues because of
the always-on nature of broadband.

If you have further questions about this issue, please go to
http://microsoft dot com/support

You can also check our Frequently Asked Questions site at
http://www.bigpond dot com/help/broadband/ to find out more about protecting
your service against viruses and worms.  Enter key words  virus
protection  and submit to get details.

If your computer is not protected against worms and viruses some of the
probable consequences of an attack are that you could lose your service
due to a system overload, your usage costs could increase dramatically
or you could lose personal data.

Yours faithfully,

The BigPond team

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